Al Shabaab

CNN  —  A US airstrike in Somalia killed an al-Shabaab militant leader on Saturday in coordination with the Somali government, US Africa Command said in a statement.…

Issued on: 03/10/2022 - 21:04 The U.S. military said it killed a leader of the Islamist militant al-Shabaab group with an air strike in Somalia over the weekend, while the…

Somalia’s government said one of the co-founders of Islamist militant group al Shabaab had been killed in a joint operation with international partners over the weekend, while the insurgents claimed responsibility for a new attack on…

MOGADISHU: Somali forces have ended a siege at a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, police and the military said on Sunday, adding that they had rescued 106 hostages including women and children. At least 12 people, mostly civilians,…

MOGADISHU: At least eight people were confirmed dead in an Islamist militant attack on a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, a security official said Saturday, as Somali forces continued to battle gunmen holed up inside the building. "The…

Issued on: 02/08/2022 - 15:51 Somalia's prime minister has named former al Shabaab group co-founder and spokesperson Mukhtar Robow as a minister in the country's new cabinet,…

Issued on: 15/06/2022 - 18:03 Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud appointed lawmaker Hamza Abdi Barre as the country’s prime minister on Wednesday, with the new premier…

Issued on: 04/05/2022 - 00:46 Al-Shabaab jihadists armed with guns and explosives stormed an African Union base in Somalia on Tuesday, triggering a fierce firefight that…

At least five people died and 23 others were injured after a huge explosion rocked Somalia’s capital Mogadishu early on Thursday, triggering a plume of smoke which rose from the blast site amid gunfire, according to officials…

Issued on: 16/09/2021 - 16:48 Somalia's president said on Thursday he had withdrawn the executive powers of the prime minister, the latest twist in a feud that has plunged the…