At least 15 people were killed on Tuesday in a suicide bombing in the Somali capital that targeted recruits who were lined up outside an army camp, a Reuters witness who counted the bodies at ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The U.S. will build up to five military bases for the Somali army in a project that seeks to bolster the Somalian national army’s capabilities amid ongoing threats from an ...

Meanwhile, the Somali National Army struggles to hold its own against the militants and remains heavily dependent on a 22,000-strong African Union force called Amisom to do most of the fighting.

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Awil Salah Osman prowls the streets of this shattered city, looking like so many other boys, with ripped-up clothes, thin limbs and eyes eager for attention and affection ...

There were at least 1,518 civilian casualties – 651 killed and 867 injured – in terrorist attacks in Somalia in 2018, followed by 1,459 – 591 killed and 868 injured – in 2019, according to ...

Al-Shabab fighters have battled Somali troops and allied forces for control of a strategic army base in southern Somalia, according to the government and a military official. Capturing the base in ...

At least three people were killed when a military helicopter serving the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia ...

Mogadishu: The Somali National Army, on Saturday, said it countered a terrorist attack by Al-Shabaab militias in Awdheegle District of Lower Shabelle and the Buursha Sheekh area of Middle Shabelle ...

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia verified cases of conflict-related sexual violence perpetrated against 400 girls, 12 women and 7 boys, primarily attributed to clan militias and Al ...

Many have already served in Somalia or Mali, ... thanks in part to the boys from Georgia. Gail McCabe, Cameroon. ... 2021 Update on Army Soldiers supporting FEMA and NORTHCOM COVID-19 vaccination ...

In 1993, Mogadishu, Somalia was caught in the violent political conflict of the Somali Civil War. Over 400 U.S. service member operators had commenced the mission, ‘Operation Gothic Serpent ...