In areas of the Hiiraan region under Al-Shabaab control, reports say the militant group has killed two men between Tardho and Moqokori towns.One of the men was reportedly shot dead, while the other ...

Despite billions of dollars in international support, Somalia's army has melted in the face of a months-long offensive by the ...

Somali National Army forces, backed by local clan militias known as Macwiisley, are reportedly organizing a major offensive against Al-Shabaab positions in the Middle Shabelle region.Colonel Aadan ...

Al-Shabaab is a Somali group that the United States designated as a foreign terrorist organization in March 2008. It wants to turn Somalia into a fundamentalist Islamic state, according to the ...

Al Shabaab insurgents have captured the important town of Tardo in Somalia's Hiiran region, displacing thousands. The group ...

Security analysts warn that the group’s growing confidence and geographic reach reflects the fragility of Somalia’s internal ...

Two days of terror raids by gunmen in coastal Kenyan towns have the country on edge. And while Somali militant group ...

As unfortunate as it is for the locals or Americans who travel to such risky areas, Al-Shabaab is a regional African problem, ...

In 2013, al-Shabaab was responsible for a massacre at the Westgate mall in Kenya, killing 67 individuals. US forces have conducted six strikes in Somalia against al-Shabaab already this year, ...

Kenya is striking back against Somalia's al-Shabaab Islamic militants who killed 148 people at Garissa University College. Victims' families are beginning to identify and collect the bodies of ...

Al-Shabaab is an al-Qaeda-linked militant group based in Somalia. It was once allied with Sharia courts, which tried to impose order on the lawless country.