There is widespread belief that some factions within the Federal Government benefit from maintaining a controlled conflict rather than pursuing a full-scale eradication of Al-Shabaab in southern and ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The ... fight against Al-Shabaab, have surged by 11 percent. The rise includes attacks on government security forces, which has raised significant concerns about the conduct of ...

A senior commander of Islamic State's Somalia wing was captured on Monday, police and state media said, two days after the IS leadership was targeted with U.S. airstrikes and as security forces ...

liberating large areas from the group’s control. Somalia has been plagued by insecurity for years, with the main threats emanating from the terrorist groups al-Shabaab and ISIS. Since 2007 ...

The group funds its activities through extortion, smuggling and illicit taxation, particularly in some coastal areas where it has attempted to control ... to Al-Shabaab, IS in Somalia has been ...