The expression Black Hawk Down, the title of a Hollywood film, has become shorthand for a 1993 US military disaster in ...

Sam Gumble was working as security to defend against Somali pirates on the MS Lana - a superyacht previously used by Beyoncé ...

Puntland is currently waging war against the violent extremist group Islamic State in ...

A maritime piracy attack occurred on the night of Jan. 31 in Gabonese waters, highlighting ongoing security concerns in the ...

Somalia’s northeastern Puntland region announced a major offensive against ISIL and a rival group, the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab, in December. An initial assessment of Saturday’s air strikes by the US ...

PIC1|Three Somali pirates were recently killed by U.S. snipers in a successful bid to free their hostage, Captain Richard Phillips. The U.S. Justice Department is currently considering whether to ...

January 23, 2025: The Somali pirates are back in action. It’s been eleven years since the last outbreak of piracy in the Red Sea. Violence against commercial shipping in the Red Sea region began in ...

Minnesota is home to the largest Somali community in the United States, but for many Somali refugees finding stability and employment has been a struggle. So Mariam Mohamed, a Somali woman living ...

Somaliland has been a self-governing region of Somalia for more than three decades, but its claim of independence is not recognized by Mogadishu or any foreign government. While this has limited ...

Over 20 people were killed and more than 10 others wounded during two days of fighting between Islamic State fighters and security forces from Somalia’s Puntland region, officials said Tuesday.

Russia and Iran like to tout themselves as America's largest and most determined enemies, but everyone in the international community knows few geopolitical beefs run deeper than the United States ...