STUTTGART, Germany — 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, military figures ...

The Somali government has announced a sweeping ban on travellers holding Taiwanese passports, escalating regional tensions over the long-standing dispute regarding Somaliland’s status. The decision ...

The Road Transport Department’s (JPJ) joint campaign with the police to improve road safety has so far detained two lorries and their drivers. Senior enforcement director Muhammad Kifli Ma ...

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 ...

"We will support the Somali People, who should not allow the Houthis to embed (which they are trying to do!), to end terrorism, and bring prosperity to their Country," the president added.

The National Communications Authority of Somalia awarded a license to Elon Musk’s Starlink on Sunday, allowing it to start services in the country. A ceremony held in the capital of Mogadishu ...

STUTTGART, Germany — A series of airstrikes this week killed multiple Islamic militants in Somalia, U.S. Africa Command said Wednesday. The strikes, which were in coordination with the Somali ...

Samira Aden Abdi Research Officer, East Africa Regional Organised Crime Observatory, ENACT, ISS Nairobi Halkano Wario East Africa Regional Organised Crime Observatory, ENACT, ISS Nairobi Somalia loses ...

A senior ISIL (ISIS) commander in Somalia has been captured, police and state media have said, as security forces continue a weeks-long offensive against the group. Abdirahman Shirwac Aw-Saciid ...

The US military has conducted coordinated airstrikes against the so-called Islamic State group operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Donald Trump’s ...

The United States has conducted air strikes on IS targets in Somalia, President Donald Trump confirmed on social media. The strikes had the backing of Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud speaks during an interview in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Feb. 20. (Feisal Omar/Reuters) The al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militant group al-Shabab, which operates in ...