Yemeni National Linked to Al-Shabaab Arrested in Central Somalia
The Somali National Army (SNA) and local clan forces in the El-dher district of the Galgaduud region have successfully apprehended a foreign national believed to...
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Exclusive-Somalia asks peacekeepers to slow withdrawal, fears Islamist resurgence
Somalia's government is seeking to slow the withdrawal of African peacekeepers and warning of a potential security vacuum, documents seen by Reuters show, with neighbouring...
Top ISIS leader in Somalia was target of US airstrike: Officials
A United States military airstrike in Somalia targeted the top Islamic State leader in late May, but it remains unclear if the leader was killed...
Four construction workers shot dead in Kenya
The construction site is near Kenya’s largest refugee camp, Dadaab, which houses some 300,000 refugees, mainly Somalians fleeing drought. It’s in Garissa county near the...
Al-Shabaab-Linked Suspect Sentenced to 30 Years in Jail
A suspect linked with the Al-Shabaab militia has been slapped with 30 years imprisonment after two and a half year trial in court. The two-and-a-half-year...
Puntland Forces Capture Tanzanian Daesh Fighters After U.S. Airstrike
In a significant blow to the Islamic State’s presence in Somalia, the Puntland Security Forces (PSF) announced the capture of two foreign Daesh fighters believed...
Five Somali soldiers and 47 Al-Shabaab militants killed north of Mogadishu
The Somali government announced that five soldiers were killed in an Al-Shabaab attack approximately 350 kilometers north of Mogadishu. The government stated that its forces...