Image of a Shabaab fighter from the terror group’s website. I’ve obtained a translation of the announcement of the merger of the Ras Kamboni Brigade with Shabaab ...

Five people were killed a day earlier when the clashes first broke out. "The Ras Kamboni militia now controls this part of the city," Bile Nur, a resident of Kismayu's Calanleey district told ...

Tensions have been rising between the central authority and Jubaland, with regional forces under leader Ahmed Madobe clashing in and around the town of Ras Kamboni for several hours on Wednesday ...

Although Ahmed Madobe, leader of powerful Ras Kamboni militia, fought against the Al Qaeda-linked militants that tried to seize control of the country, he is not viewed favourably by the central ...