Uganda Forces in Fierce Battles With Al-Shabaab
The al-shabaab militia is launching more attacks on Ugandan forces than at any other African Union forces of the Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS). That...
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Shabaab hits Djibouti military base with suicide bombing in central Somalia
Yesterday, Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch in East Africa, took responsibility for a suicide car bombing targeting Djiboutian and Somali troops at a military base in...
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...
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...