CIA officer killed during a raid on suspected al-Shabaab bomb-maker in Somalia
A CIA officer died during a raid in Somalia last month targeting a key extremist thought to be responsible for an attack that killed an...
Al-Shabaab
Al-Shabaab’s terror in Mozambique
The past months have witnessed an unprecedented escalation of military activity from the Islamist group known as al-Shabab in the mineral-rich province of Cabo Delgado...
U.S. authorities target al-Shabaab leaders with terrorist designations
The Trump administration has sanctioned two leaders of the Somalia-based al-Shabab as part of its efforts to dismantle the al-Qaida-affiliated terrorist organization. U.S. Secretary of...
Ethiopian authorities arrested al-Shabaab and Islamic State suspects planning terror attacks
Ethiopian security officials have arrested 14 suspected members of al-Shabaab and ISIS accused of planning terrorist attacks in the capital Addis Ababa and other parts...
US authorities focused on disrupting finances for Somalia’s al-Shabaab terrorist group
The United States strongly backed efforts to disrupt the illegal financing methods used by Somalia’s al-Shabab extremist group, which according to U.N. experts raised more...
Eight Somalian soldiers killed in an ambush by Al Shabaab terrorists in the country’s south
Somalia's extremist rebels have killed at least eight soldiers in an ambush in the country's south, said a military official. Two other soldiers are missing...
Al Shabaab terrorist financing at Salaam Somali Bank of Hormuud Telecom Group
Al Shabaab has for years been battling Somalia's internationally-backed government to impose strict Islamic law in the anarchic Horn of Africa nation. "Al Shabaab remains...
Feared Al Shabaab terrorist group exploit Somali banking and invest in real estate
The Al Shabaab, the Somalia-based militant group that is Al Qaeda’s most powerful ally in Africa, is not only collecting millions of dollars in tariffs...
Somalian military forces killed ten Al-Shabaab terrorists including senior commander
Somali National Army (SNA) forces on Monday killed ten Alshabab militants including two senior Al Shabaab officials in a military operation near Barire town in...
Al Shabaab terrorists released two Cuban doctors who were kidnapped in Kenya
The al-Qaida-linked extremist group al-Shabab has released two Cuban doctors who were kidnapped in Kenya and held for a year and a half in neighboring...
Six Somali soldiers killed by landmine blast near Bal’ad
At least six Somali soldiers were killed and several others wounded after their military vehicle ran over a landmine near the town of Balád, some...
Two men guilty of conspiracy with Al-Shabaab terrorists over the Westgate shopping mall attack in Kenya
A Kenyan court found two men guilty Wednesday of conspiring with the Al-Shabaab extremists who killed 67 people in an armed rampage at Nairobi's upscale...