Shabaab's presence in central Somalia, the Somali National Army (SNA), backed by local Ma'awiisley fighters, launched a strategic offensive early Wednesday morning, successfully retaking the village ...

Somalia’s government has increasingly turned to Turkey to repel al-Shabab, as America’s diminished focus on Africa scrambles global power dynamics.

"This timetable is ambitious because the Somali security services are unlikely to be fully autonomous by then ... (Eagle), are now "reasonably well equipped," but the regular army units are ...

Al-Shabab fighters sit on a truck as they patrol in Mogadishu, Somalia, in October 2009 [Mohamed Sheikh Nor/AP Photo] Al-Shabab fighters have battled Somali troops and allied forces for control of ...

Yesterday, the Somali National Army (SNA) of the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS ... The lingering Shabaab question With Jubaland and the FGS in Mogadishu now in open conflict, what happens next ...

The stadium was a base for Ethiopian troops between 2007 and 2009, and was then occupied ... were echoed by the Somali sports minister, Mohamed Barre, who said the onetime army base "has ...

Mogadishu, May 19 (BNA): The Somali National Army, supported by local defence has successfully repelled a series of terrorist attacks on areas along the border between the Hiiraan and Middle Shabelle ...

The Somali National Army (SNA) apprehended Ali Geelle, a senior al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group al-Shabaab ringleader, during a military operation in the central region of Galgadud, ...

Odawa Yusuf Rage, former commander of Somalia’s national army, has been nominated to return to that position in an extraordinary meeting convened by cabinet ministers in Mogadishu. Somalia has ...