A senior leader of Islamic State was killed in a US special forces raid on a warren of caves in northern Somalia, American ...

Somalia's military says five soldiers and 21 al-Shabab fighters have been killed north of the capital Mogadishu ...

At least a dozen members of the jihadist group Al Shabaab have been killed following a clash between two rival factions of the organization in the Somali region of Mudug. The clash occurred in the ...

The government says it has killed hundreds of al-Shabab fighters and recaptured dozens of settlements, although different sides often give conflicting accounts of clashes. Government forces and ...

The U.S. military targeted Shabaab, al Qaeda's branch in East Africa, in a pair of strikes in central Somalia over the past ...

Nineteen people have been killed in twin car bombings in central Somalia claimed by Al-Shabaab, a local militia commander in the Hiran region said. Two cars packed with explosives were ...

Jubaland state of Somalia said its troops killed several Al-Shabaab members were killed in the Lower Juba region during a counter-attack. Lieutenant general Ismail Sahardid Keydsane confirmed that ...

The Armed Conflict, Location and Event Data Project, an organisation which gathers data, said more than 4,000 civilians were killed by Al Shabaab in the decade from 2010. These deaths included ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — An attack by the al-Shabab extremist group on a military facility north of Somalia’s capital on Tuesday killed five soldiers, officials said. Somali troops repelled ...

Al-Shabaab remains entrenched in vast swathes of rural central and southern Somalia. On October 29, 121 people in the capital Mogadishu were killed in two car bomb explosions at the education ...

Nineteen people have been killed in two car bombings in central Somalia claimed by al-Shabaab militants, a local militia commander in the Hiran region said. Two cars packed with explosives were ...