Over 60 foreign intelligence specialists have fled Somalia in the past 24 hours after a data breach exposed the personal ...

Defense Ministry says Mohamed Abdi Mohamed Nur, responsible for several attacks in Bakool region, among those killed - ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia's defense ministry said officials were investigating an explosion at a military training school in the capital, Mogadishu, on Wednesday, an incident claimed by the al ...

The United States, European Union, and African Union each support Somalia’s military to help combat Al-Shabaab. For almost 20 years, the internationally recognized Somali government has battled the Al ...

Somalia's Office of National Security on Wednesday convened the biannual Coordination Meeting on Weapons and Ammunition Management in Mogadishu, focusing on the endorsement of the National Strategy ...

Southern Somalia has been designated an "active area of hostilities." — -- The Trump administration has given the U.S. military the authorization to conduct offensive counterterrorism airstrikes ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia's new military chief survived a suicide car bomb attack Sunday just moments after he was sworn in with a mandate to launch a new offensive against Islamic extremists.

The move is meant to aid Somalia against al-Shabab, an al-Qaida affiliate. Reversing a decision by predecessor Donald Trump, President Joe Biden has approved a Pentagon request to redeploy several ...

Kenyan and Somali troops killed nine al-Qaida-linked militants when they came upon an al-Shabab camp while on patrol near the border Saturday night, the Kenyan military said. Four Kenyan soldiers were ...