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Somalia Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre said Thursday that Ethiopian forces would not be part of the upcoming African Union Support Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) unless Ethiopia withdraws from a ...
BALIDHIDIN, Somalia — The dead Islamic State fighter was sprawled out on the ridge, bloodstains darkening in the sun, as a line of heavily armed Somali soldiers snaked down the mountainside to a ...
The federal government of Somalia and the African Union have agreed on the number of troop-contributing countries for a new AU mission following weeks of differences between Ethiopia and Somalia ...
President Trump directed a military attack Saturday on a high-ranking ISIS leader and his cohorts in Somalia — sending a resounding message to terrorists the world over in just his second week ...
It is also home to many endangered terrestrial and marine species, including Savanna Elephant, Leopard, Dugong, and Green Turtle. Somalia is one of 11 countries in the African region without a ...
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he ordered military airstrikes in Somalia, taking out a senior ISIS attack planner and other terrorists the planner had recruited. The strikes come ...
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 ...
Shortly after, Somalia descended into civil war, culminating in the collapse of the Somali state in 1992. AIAI later dissolved and a group of its younger, hardline recruits joined forces with an ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia — The draft of a letter from Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to U.S. President Donald Trump offering exclusive access to air bases and seaports has reignited tensions ...
All movements of embassy personnel have been canceled until further notice. LONDON -- The U.S. embassy in Somalia has warned Americans that they are tracking “credible information” regarding ...
People gather at the scene of an explosion of a bomb-rigged car near the National Theatre in Hamarweyne district of Mogadishu, Somalia on September 28, 2024 [Feisal Omar/Reuters] In August ...