Al-Shabaab is rapidly closing in on Mogadishu, threatening commercial and military shipping in the Gulf of Aden and Arabian ...

After its battlefield defeat, it’s unclear if the Islamic State in Somalia retains the ability to extort money from the ...

The Islamic State in Somalia, founded in 2015 by Sheikh Abdulqader Muumin, capitalised on Puntland’s smuggling networks and rugged terrain to grow. Before the establishment of the Islamic State in ...

Now its sequel is playing out to devastating effect in Somalia. Al-Shabaab — a Salafi Jihadist confederation — is rapidly securing terrain and closing in on Somalia’s capital city of Mogadishu.

How does childhood endure in the face of ceaseless terror? Can innocence survive when playgrounds are replaced with mass ...

The recent arrest of members of the Somali Custodial Corps who fled from the frontlines in Lower Shabelle is not merely a ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Al-Qaeda's East Africa associates — Al-Shabaab ... aim to flush out insurgents hiding in the region’s rugged terrain. The group is almost losing strategic areas following the ...