Cyclical rivalries between the federal government, states and the political opposition have undermined the counter-terrorism ...

In a statement, Al-Shabaab said it had taken the town of Maxaas, around 300 kilometres (186 miles) from the capital Mogadishu ...

The Somali government is intensifying efforts to regain control over the districts of Moqokori and Maxaas in the Hiiraan region, which Al-Shabaab militants recently captured.From the Lama-Galaay ...

Shabaab has reasserted its dominance in the Hiiran region in central Somalia. The Al Qaeda branch’s takeover of the towns of ...

Somali National Army and Ugandan People's Defense Force repulsed al-Shabaab terrorist attack in Sabiib and Canoole areas of ...

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 ...

Security analysts warn that the group’s growing confidence and geographic reach reflects the fragility of Somalia’s internal ...

About 60 suspected Al Shabaab militants reportedly raided Basuba village, which is located within the Boni Forest in Lamu ...

Al Shabaab, a terrorist and insurgent group based in Somalia, has been fighting the UN-backed government in Mogadishu for decades now, having risen up in response to the 1991 collapse of the Siad ...

Al Shabaab militants singled out Christians, shooting them inside rooms where university students were hiding underneath beds, said survivors of Thursday's attack in Kenya.

Al Shabaab won control of almost all of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, in 2006, and held large swathes of central and southern Somalia until a United Nations-backed force from the African Union ...

Al Shabaab has been battling the Somali government for at least a decade and is responsible for devastating attacks in Kenya and Uganda. As such the regional summit presented the group with an ...