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

In a move that has stunned security observers, the Al-Shabaab militant group has publicly unveiled its armed unit operating ...

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

Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland dismissed a plan by Mogadishu to hand the US control of two ports on the Gulf of ...

The Somali state of Puntland is witnessing an escalation of security challenges with an increase in military confrontations against the Islamic State ...

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 ...

Puntland is the hub of communication and maritime trade between Somalia and Yemen, as well as the wider Middle East. Smuggling has gone on in the region for centuries. The rugged terrain is ideal for ...

Six police personnel in north-east Kenya have been killed after assailants attacked a base near the border with Somalia, a regional official said. No group has claimed responsibility, but Garissa ...

Puntland is the hub of communication and maritime trade between Somalia and Yemen, as well as the wider Middle East. Smuggling has gone on in the region for centuries. The rugged terrain is ideal ...

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 ...