Puntland Executes 19, Including Al-Shabaab and Isis Operatives
The Puntland Armed Forces Court on Wednesday morning executed 19 convicts, including 13 members of Al-Shabaab and Islamic State groups.
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Seven Shabab Militants Killed Somalia
The Somali national army said Sunday its forces killed seven members of Al-Shabab militia, including a local leader, in Lower Juba region, south Somalia.
Militant Islamist violence in Africa surges
Militant Islamist violence in Africa set new records for violent events and fatalities this past year
Who is al-Shabaab
With the 20-year War in Afghanistan over, Somalia has become the next major front in the United States’ ongoing Global War on Terror.
Al-Shabaab on the defensive
Three months after reclaiming the presidential office, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud resolved to root out al-Shabaab from Somalia. The new administration formed a unified front comprising...
Somali Military Court Executes 13 Militants and 5 Soldiers
A military court in Puntland, a semi-autonomous region in Somalia, executed 13 militants Wednesday who were members of the al-Shabab and Islamic State terror groups.
Several soldiers killed in Al-Shabaab attack on army base
Al-Shabaab militants on Tuesday attacked a military base in a Somali town recently recaptured from the Islamists, killing several soldiers, according to local army officials.