Puntland’s soldiers are now locked in a grinding fight, one with major international implications, but without much Western ...

The United States needs to stay in the fight against al-Shabab to secure global trade.

MOGADISHU, Somalia - For the first time since the war against ISIS militants kicked off in Puntland ... The US Africa Command airstrikes on Saturday which targeted ISIS global leader Abdulkadir Mumin ...

Puntland forces in Somalia have taken large swathes of territory from Islamic State. They have asked for international help to fight IS. IS in Somalia is smaller than al-Shabaab. Forces from Somalia's ...

The U.S. conducted an airstrike against Islamic State militants in Somalia, the first such military operation since President ...

"I served in the 9th Battalion (Eldoret-based) and came to Somalia in 2016, just 15 days before we were taken in captivity by the Al-Shabaab. " While confirming he is a war prisoner, he adds: "There ...

Analysis - Kenya's foray into the Great Lakes six years ago, was not without ulterior economic motives. Did competing military visions in the East Africa Community's Regional Force cost the region in ...

which forbids Germany from going to war alone. In vain did he protest that he had been referring to anti-piracy patrols off the coast of Somalia. His remarks were greeted by a virulent press ...

Then the civil war occurred ... international, global agenda. But why should the United States help Somalia? Because of our fight against al-Shabab, these terrorists don’t have the chance to run their ...

*The names of the hijackers are pseudonyms on condition of speaking to Al Jazeera. Mogadishu, Somalia – Liban Hassan* has spent most of his adult life fishing off Somalia’s northeast coast ...