At least 70 al-Shabaab fighters were killed in a joint military operation by Somali government forces and African Union peacekeepers in the Lower Shabelle region, Somalia's Ministry of Defence said on ...

The Somali army announced that more than 70 members of the Al-Shabaab movement were killed during a large-scale military ...

Two soldiers killed and 12 wounded during operations in Lower Shabelle region, Defense Ministry says - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Despite billions of dollars in international support, Somalia's army has melted in the face of a months-long offensive by the ...

Somali government forces carried out a planned security operation Sunday in several villages of the Middle Shabelle region, targeting Al-Shabaab fighters who had recently infiltrated the area, ...

The African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) has denied reports that its soldiers suffered heavy ...

The 27-year-old Somalian was on the watchlist as “a confirmed member of al Shabaab," but a border bungle meant he was released after initially being arrested for crossing into the country ...

Al-Shabaab’s predecessor was al-Ittihad al-Islami (AIAI), which worked to create an Islamist emirate in Somalia. It was, in part, funded by former al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, according to ...

GARISSA, Kenya -- Somalia's Islamic extremist group al-Shabaab on Saturday warned of more attacks in Kenya like the assault on Garissa University College in which 148 people were killed.

Al Shabaab insurgents have seized the town of Tardo in Somalia's central Hiiran region and are pressing on with an advance that has already displaced thousands, a military official said.

Al-Shabaab is a Somali group that the United States designated as a foreign terrorist organization in March 2008. It wants to turn Somalia into a fundamentalist Islamic state, according to the ...

Al-Shabaab is a Somali group that the United States designated as a foreign terrorist organization in March 2008. It wants to turn Somalia into a fundamentalist Islamic state, according to the ...