US-trained Somali special forces unit targeted by al Shabaab terrorists
Two days after al Shabaab launched a suicide assault on a joint US-Somali base in southern Somalia, the jihadist group ambushed soldiers belonging to the...
somalia
Islamic State claimed responsibility for the double attack on US military base and Italian convoy in Somalia
A US base and an Italian military convoy were targeted in separate attacks in Somalia on Monday. Al-Shabaab militants staged a simultaneous car bomb and...
Kenyan police forces on high alert over potential terrorist attacks around Mombasa
Kenyan police are on high alert after recovering intelligence suggesting that several operatives had been sent into the country by al-Shabaab, a Somali jihadist group...
Terrorists launch attacks on European and US military targets in Somalia
Al Shabab militants in Somalia launched two attacks on US and European military targets on Monday, officials said. The first attack was on a military...
Islamic State trains in Somalia’s Puntland
In photos released online yesterday, the Islamic State showed fighters within its Somali branch training in a makeshift camp in Somalia’s northern Puntland region
Al-Qaeda branch in Somalia kills 17 people over weekend
Al-Shabaab, the al-Qaeda wing in Somalia, carried out a wave of attacks over the weekend using heavy weapons to kill at least 17 people in...
Australian authorities delivers warning over Islamic State foothold in Somalia
ISIS’s foothold in Somalia has caught the attention of the Australian government with the group’s ties there being formally denounced. The Somali arm of IS...