Last week, after months of speculation and dubious reports about his fate, Omar Hammami – the American commander and erstwhile media face of al-Shabaab – left the jihadist group. In an interview with ...

DOHA, (GO) - In a recent interview 06/03/2023 with Al-Jazeera, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud discussed the government's strategy in fighting the Al-Shabaab movement, as well as addressing ...

US intelligence has learned of discussions between Houthis in Yemen to provide weapons to the Somali militant group al-Shabaab, in what three American officials described to CNN as a worrying ...

WASHINGTON, USA – The United States may be quietly entering talks with the Al-Qaeda-linked militant group Al-Shabaab as part of a potential shift in its Somalia policy, a former U.S. government ...

The Houthis’ alleged support for Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia remains limited at this stage, although it is nonetheless ...

Minnesota’s Somali community has been sending millions of dollars every year to Somalia that have ended up in the hands of the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic terror group ...

The United Nations security council unanimously voted on 15 August 2024 to extend the mandate of the 12,626 men and women of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (Atmis). The African ...

Somali government, US Africa Command carry out airstrikes Somali troops kill al Shabaab fighters attempting to attack base Attacks follow recent gains by Islamist insurgents MOGADISHU, April 17 ...

The offensive al-Shabaab launched in late February 2025 marks its most ambitious push in years, reversing government gains and reasserting control in swathes of central and southern Somalia. The rapid ...

Shabaab fighters march in Somalia. Image from a Shabaab propaganda video. The Somali government stated on Monday that another co-founder of Shabaab is dead. The individual, identified as Mahmoud Abdi ...