The chairwoman of Somalia's national athletics federation has been suspended amid accusations of nepotism after a seemingly untrained female sprinter represented the African country at the World ...

Mayfield was killed when al-Shabab fighters, who in Somalia have waged an insurgency against a U.S.-backed government, took the battle to Kenya. They overran the Manda Bay airfield, where about ...

Al-Shabab, an Islamic extremist group based in Somalia, has claimed responsibility for the assault that killed ... Army Spc. Henry J. Mayfield Jr., 23, of Hazel Crest, was killed Sunday ...