During an attack on a military ... Somali authorities are struggling to reassert control following more than three decades of civil war and lawlessness triggered by the overthrow of President Siad ...

During an attack on a military base ... swathes of southern Somalia. Somali authorities are struggling to reassert control following more than three decades of civil war and lawlessness triggered by ...

A rebel group, the Somali National Movement (SNM), emerged in Somaliland in the 1980s opposing the military junta of President Siad Barre, which seized power in 1969. In January 1991, SNM and ...

Somalia has launched a campaign to become a member of the African Union's Peace and Security Council, a 15-member body charged with setting policy on stability of the continent. Mogadishu wants the ...

Somalia has launched a campaign to be a member of ... Unity), hosted the 11th OAU summit in Mogadishu in June 1974 where then military leader Major General Mohamed Siad Barre, was elected as Chairman ...

The U.S. military has conducted airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Donald Trump’s second term.Defense Secretary Pete ...