Somalia's Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre on Wednesday received the African Union's newly appointed Special Representative to Somalia, Ambassador El Hadji Ibrahima Diene, for talks centered on the ...

Amb El Hadji Ibrahima Diene “Boly” has officially assumed his role as the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the AU Commission ...

The officials replace Mohamed Al Amine Souef, appointed AU Chairperson’s Chief of Staff in March, and Siyuvile Thandikhaya ...

Senior AUSSOM representatives were also on hand to welcome the seasoned diplomat, signaling strong institutional alignment ...

Eyewitnesses said the assault erupted with a series of explosions in nearby villages before the two sides exchanged gunfire.

African Union (AU) troops backed by Somali security forces thwarted an attack on military bases by the extremist Al-Shabaab group in Sabiid-Anole town, located southwest of the capital Mogadishu.

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

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

Al-Shabaab feeds on silence, on marginalisation, on Nairobi’s fear of alienating voters. But if Kenya turns its democracy from a defensive posture into a creative weapon, it might finally starve the ...

More than 80 suspected members of the Islamic State group have been arrested across Ethiopia, state media said, claiming they ...

The AUSSOM mission assists Somalia against al-Shabab. AP file photo A small military aircraft supporting the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia crashed Wednesday at Mogadishu’s airport.