Kenya’s Elite Special Operations Group (SOG) officers have stopped eight Al-Shabaab terrorists who were attempting to plant ...

Remote-control blast comes after raids to clear al Qaeda 'remnants' from city. July 16, 2012 — -- Just days after the Somali government announced it was sweeping ...

U.S. forces carried out a series of airstrikes against al-Shabab in Somalia at the start of the month, the latest escalation of the American involvement in the country. U.S. Africa Command confirmed ...

MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Somali government forces were fighting on Saturday to repel al Shabaab militants who stormed a high-security underground prison in the capital Mogadishu, a witness and the ...

Seven al-Shabab militants who attacked a high-security prison in Somalia's capital have all been killed, the country's government has said. A huge explosion and gunfire were heard coming from Godka ...

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Islamist militant group al Shabaab said it was responsible for a bomb blast on Wednesday near the presidential palace and other government buildings in Somalia's capital ...

Somali militants attacked a hotel near the country's presidential palace on Monday, killing 32 people, including six members of the national Parliament. The attackers, which included two suicide ...