US airstrikes surge in Somalia, surpassing 2024 numbers American forces have increased the number of airstrikes on ISIS and al-Shabab fighters this year, in support of Somali military operations.

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

A UN human rights expert for Somalia urged the Somali government on Thursday to accelerate important reforms and strengthen protections for its people amid persistent conflict and political ...

U.S. Africa Command is launching airstrikes in Somalia at a record-setting pace as the military seeks to counter an influx of Islamic State group fighters.

Somalia’s foreign minister accuses Taiwan of launching military training programmes for Somaliland’s security forces. The Somali government has announced a sweeping ban on travellers holding Taiwanese ...

Somalia on Wednesday barred Taiwanese passport holders from entering the country, in a move that the authorities in Taiwan blamed on increasing Chinese pressure on the Horn of Africa nation.

MOGADISHU - Somalia's Prime Minister, Hamza Abdi Barre, reshuffled his government on Sunday, appointing a new defence minister as his government tries to stem an Islamist insurgency. Read more at ...

SpaceX's Starlink satellite system is now available in Somalia, owner Elon Musk wrote on social media platform X on Sunday, while a Somalia government official confirmed the company has been given ...

Somalia fell into the pattern of weak states that are international wards, similar to Afghanistan. The federal government has maintained limited control, mostly in the capital, while the state is ...

Al-Shabaab is rapidly closing in on Mogadishu, threatening commercial and military shipping in the Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea, and the U.S. must address its enablers, including Iran, to maintain … ...

A series of airstrikes this week killed multiple Islamic militants in Somalia. According to U.S. Africa Command, the strikes, which were in coordination with the Somali government, hit ISIS ...

Military forces in the semiautonomous region of Puntland, Somalia, have been fighting to oust ISIS militants.