The armed group al-Shabab has reportedly seized a United Nations helicopter in central Somalia, along with approximately eight people, including passengers and crew. The helicopter, contracted…
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At least four people have been killed and dozens more injured in a Somalia hotel attack by militants on Sunday evening lasting more than 12 hours.…
In the most recent crackdown on violent extremism, Somalia declared on Wednesday that it had shut down hundreds of media websites it claimed were spreading Al-Shabaab…
Al-Shabab, which means “the youth” in Arabic, has been banned by Somalia’s ministry of religious affairs. Instead, the public is asked to refer to the militant…
After suspected al-Shabaab militants ambushed an ambulance transporting patients to a hospital in Elwak, Mandera County, four persons are still unaccounted for. The attack happened on…
Heavy taxes imposed by the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabab group in parts of Somalia make crop cultivation impossible in the midst of a severe drought. President Hassan Sheikh…
Al-Shabab, an al-Qaeda-affiliated militant group, has denied reports that it was plotting an attack on Somalia’s president and prime minister. Pro-al-Shabab Somali Memo website quoted an…
Somalia’s terror group al-Shabab spent $24m (£18m) in 2021 on purchasing weapons, according to a report by a Mogadishu-based research group, the Hiraal Institute. The 25-page…
A bomb explosion on Saturday killed three people and wounded eight others in Mogadishu, the Somali capital. Local reports say security officials were chasing a vehicle…
“This strike targeted known al-Shabaab leaders who facilitated [operations of] finance, weapons, fighters, and explosives.