Somali army kills over 30 al-Shabab militants in central region
More than 30 al-Shabab militants were killed and several others injured in heavy fighting between al-Shabab and Somali National Army (SNA) backed by forces from...
Al-Shabaab
Somali army, local militias kill at least 100 al-Shabaab terrorists: Minister
Somali said Thursday that its forces backed by local militias killed at least 100 al-Shabaab terrorists in central Galmudug state. Information Minister Daud Aweis told...
Abukar Ali Adan
Ali Adan is designated for being deputy leader of al-Shabaab. According to Reuters, back to March 2010, he was Shabaab’s “chairman” along the border with...
2 al-Shabab terrorists killed in blast in Kenya
At least two al-Shabab logisticians were killed when a bomb they were assembling exploded at a village in Kenya's eastern county of Garissa, police said....
Senior al-Shabaab weapons, explosives smuggler apprehended in Somalia: Spy agency
The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) in Somalia announced Friday that it apprehended a senior al-Shabaab operative responsible for procuring weaponry and explosives from...
Al-Shabab suicide bomber blows up tea shop in Somalia capital, kills at least seven
A suicide bomber blew himself up on Friday at a tea shop in Somalia’s capital, killing at least seven people, Al Jazeera reported. The Sunni-extremist...
5 dead as suicide bomber targets restaurant in Somali capital
At least five people were killed and six others wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a busy restaurant in the Somali capital...
AFRICA/SOMALIA – Government takes action against Al Shabab militias: “The aim of the terrorists is to destroy the Somali people”
"The aim of the terrorists is to destroy the entire Somali people". In a statement, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud recalled that the al-Shabab militias...
Fighter Jets Bomb Al-Shabaab Camp As Ground Offensive Intensifies
Suspected US drones bombed an Al-Shabaab-controlled small town in central Somalia as SNA stepped up ground military operation in Galmudug state. The sources in the...
A Rare Success Emerges in the War on Terror
There finally came a point when al-Shabaab militants went too far, and Somali farmers and herders just wouldn’t take it anymore. It started in Hiiraan,...
US calls for “maintaining momentum” in fight against Al Shabab in Somalia
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stressed Monday the need to “maintain momentum” in the fight against the jihadist group Al Shabab in Somalia despite setbacks...
Somali military court sentences woman for Al-Shabab activities
Somalia's military court on Sunday sentenced a young woman to eight years in prison for Al-Shabaab activities. "Abdi was found guilty of aiding the terrorists...