Islamist fighters battling for control of Somalia have threatened to close Mogadishu's only airport, warning all airlines to ...

No group has claimed responsibility, but an official said the attack followed a pattern of raids by Islamist militant group al-Shabab.

Some State Department officials have proposed closing the embassy in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, as a precaution after ...

NAIROBI, Kenya - The level of Al-Shabaab infiltration in the Somali National Army (SNA) could be alarming, former Chief of Defence Forces General Ibrahim Sheikh Muhyiddin has said, noting that the ...

Ilhan Omar's father, Nur Omar Mohamed, committed war crimes as a military officer in Somalia before immigrating to the U.S. as a refugee. There is little detailed information available about Nur's ...

We have Jubaland forces with a District Officer and the Somalia National Army (SNA) also with their own DC,” Mr Gitari said.The county DCI boss confirmed the involvement of a brother to one of ...

While al-Shabab has not yet commented on the attack, the group frequently carries out cross-border operations against military ... in Kenya, including Garissa County, along the border with Somalia ...

Kenya recognized Kosovo, a region that broke away from Serbia. in doing so, Nairobi inserted itself in a complex geopolitical ...

The Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodríguez, declared that "efforts are ongoing" to shed light on the status of Cuban doctors ...

Africa’s most lethal terrorist organization is expected to gain strength in Somalia, raising the security threat through a Middle East choke point for commercial shipping, a new report cautions.