Somalia's New Army Chief Survives Car Bomb That Kills 13 Five soldiers and at least 8 civilians travelling in a passing minibus were killed. Islamic extremist rebels al-Shabab claimed responsibility.

Somalia's army and associated clan militias have killed at least 20 al Shabaab fighters in towns in the centre of the country, a regional official and the Information Ministry said on Wednesday ...

WASHINGTON — The Somali government has sent thousands of military recruits to nearby countries for training to strengthen the army for its war against al-Shabab militants, according to the ...

Colonel Elman was born in Mogadishu on Dec. 10, 1991, when Somalia was beginning to disintegrate. Midway to the hospital for delivery, her mother, Fartuun Adan, and her father, Elman Ali Ahmed ...

Al-Shabab battles Somalia’s army for strategic military base. The armed group says it seizes control of Wargaadhi town and its military base, but the Somali army denies the claim.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Al Shabaab fighters battled Somali troops and allied forces for control of a strategic army base in central Somalia on Thursday, the government and a military official said ...

Somalia's army and associated clan militias have killed at least 20 al Shabaab fighters in towns in the centre of the country, a regional official and the Information Ministry said on Wednesday ...