Somali Army and Local Forces Conduct Operation, 11 Al-Shabaab Members Killed
The Somali National Army (SNA) and local forces have jointly carried out an operation in the rural areas of Jowle, located at the boundary between...
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New airstrikes in Somalia’s Puntland kill more than 30 Daesh fighters
More than thirty fighters from the Somalia-based Daesh/ISIS terror group were killed Wednesday in new airstrikes in the northern Puntland province of Bari, according to...
Somali security forces kill more than 60 ISIS fighters in Puntland state
Security forces in Somalia’s northeastern semiautonomous state of Puntland said Tuesday that they killed more than 60 ISIS (Daesh) terrorists. Gen. Mohamoud Fadhigo, spokesperson for...
Suspected Al Shabaab militants abduct five officials in northern Kenya
Suspected Al Shabaab militants have kidnapped at least five chiefs in Mandera County, Northern Kenya, police said. Mandera South Sub-County Police Commander Julius Njeru on...
Five chiefs abducted by al Shabaab in Mandera
At least five chiefs were Monday missing after they were ambushed and kidnapped by suspected terrorists in Elwak, Mandera County. Police and witnesses said the...
Somali Government Launches Military Campaign Against Al-Shabaab
The Federal Government of Somalia has initiated a military offensive targeting Al-Shabaab militants in several regions of the country, with the Hiran region seeing the...
Assailants Attack Civilians in Somalia’s Middle Shabelle, One Dead
In a distressing escalation of communal violence, an armed group attacked civilians in the El Baraf area of Somalia's Middle Shabelle region late on Tuesday,...
Kenya: Mandera DCI Officer Killed in Suspected Al Shabaab Attack
A police officer attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has been killed after suspected Al-Shabaab militants staged a daring attack in Lafey, Mandera...
Mozambique the most overt manifestation of terrorism in southern Africa
Terrorist activity in Mozambique is the most prominent and overt manifestation of jihadi terrorism in southern Africa, according to a new report. The Middle East...
Somalia, Minister Ali Mohamed Omar: “Alarm on the alliance between Houthis and Al Shabaab”
The growing alliance between the Shiite rebels of the Ansar Allah group (better known as Houthis) and the Somali terrorist group al Shabaab represents an...
Kenyan police kill terrorist, seize weapons in border region
Kenya's security forces killed a terrorist and recovered a cache of weapons during an operation carried out in Garissa County, near the border with Somalia,...
Roadside bomb blast kills 3 in Somali capital
Two security personnel and a pedestrian were killed and three others wounded in a roadside bomb blast targeting military vehicles in the Somali capital of...