“AFRICOM, alongside the Federal Government of Somalia and Somali Armed Forces, continues to take action to degrade ...

The U.S. military has launched its most intensive Somalia bombing campaign on record, U.S. Africa Command strike data show.

Al-Shabaab militants have captured the strategic central Somali town of Mahaas district, in Hiiran region of Somalia's Hirshabelle State, following heavy clashes with Somali government forces and ...

Al-Shabab frequently targets military installations as part of its insurgency aiming to topple the Somali government and impose its strict version of Islamic law. View on euronews ...

As of Monday 14 July, US Africa Command (Africom) had carried out 51 airstrikes in Somalia since the beginning of this year. The strikes form part of a joint effort to dismantle the operational ...

The United States launched a rare ground operation in northern Somalia that apprehended Abdiweli Mohamed Yusuf, the finance emir for the Islamic State’s so-called Somali Province. The raid was the ...

Islamist militants took control of the strategic town of Maxaas in central Somalia on Sunday after heavy fighting with the ...

Analysis - Cyclical rivalries between the federal government, states and the political opposition have undermined the counter-terrorism strategy's early success.

Soldiers who deployed in 14 countries between October 2023 and June 2025 are eligible to wear the patches on their uniform ...

The U.S. embassy in Somalia’s capital city of Mogadishu said that all movements of embassy personnel have been canceled until further notice in a statement released on Tuesday.

A U.S. service member has been killed in Somalia during an operation against the extremist group al-Shabab — the first U.S. combat death in the country in more than two decades — as the United States ...