Africa’s approach to countering terrorism still misses the mark
At the end of October 2022, the Somali capital Mogadishu suffered another suicide bomb attack, which killed 121 people and injured more than 300. According...
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Top commander of ISIS terror group killed in Somalia
A senior commander of the Daesh/ISIS terrorist group was killed in a clash with security forces in Somalia’s semiautonomous Puntland region, authorities said on Friday.
Fresh operation in Somalia kills at least 61 al-Shabaab terrorists
At least 61 al-Shabaab terrorists were killed and dozens others wounded in Somalia after an operation by the country’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA),...
15 Al-Shabaab terrorists killed in Somalia
15 terrorists from the extremist Al-Shabaab movement were killed in a security operation in the Middle Shabelle Governorate, eastern Somalia.
Al-Shabab extremists deny contact with Somalia’s government
The Somalia-based al-Shabab extremist group has denied having contact with the Somali government after the country's deputy defense minister claimed that the extremists had for...
US air strikes in Somalia up 30 percent in 2022
US air strikes in Somalia increased 30 percent in 2022, as the Biden administration increased US involvement in the Horn of Africa country that is...
Somalia’s fight against Al Shabaab
They often go unnamed. Across Somalia, they are called “those boys”, “small, small kids”, “AS”, or even “Arsenal”. Somalis are aware that the group has...