Ethiopia on edge as Egyptian troops head to Somalia under AU mission
Ethiopia has expressed growing unease over Egypt’s upcoming deployment of more than 1,000 troops to Somalia under the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission (AUSSOM), […]
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Somalia and Djibouti Strengthen Security Ties with New Troop Deployment Pact
Somalia and Djibouti on Wednesday, July 30, formalised an agreement for the expanded deployment of Djiboutian Armed Forces within Somali territory, reaffirming a joint commitment […]
Somalia’s Danab Forces Kill 37 al-Shabaab Militants in Major Counter-Terror Operation
Somalia’s elite Danab special forces, in coordination with international allies, have killed more than 37 al-Shabaab militants in a strategic operation conducted in the village […]
Al-Shabaab Targets Somali President’s Convoy in Bomb Attack, President Unharmed
Somali militants from Al-Shabaab launched a bomb attack on President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s convoy as it was traveling through the capital, Mogadishu, on Tuesday March […]
US Calls for International Cooperation to Disrupt Al-Shabaab-Houthi Ties
The United States has called on March 10 for increased international cooperation to address the growing links between the Somali-based terrorist group Al-Shabaab and the […]
Mozambique: new wave of IS-inspired terror attacks displaces thousands in country’s northeast
Thousands of people, most of them children, have been forced to flee their homes amid renewed unrest in northern Mozambique, a scene of a jihadist […]
Explosion kills and injures in Mogadishu
At least five people are dead and 23 others were injured after a huge explosion rocked the Somali capital Mogadishu early on Thursday, officials and […]
Somalia: Prime Minister and President Farmaajo in contradiction with the suspension of Fahad Yasin
Somalia’s Prime Minister Mohammed Hussein Roble on Monday suspended Intelligence agency chief Fahad Yasin and named Bashir Mohamed Gobe acting director. But he got a […]
Terrorist threat in Mozambique: SADC holds a virtual summit today on the issue
Southern African heads of state are meeting in a virtual summit on Monday 17 August. At the centre of their concerns: the terrorist threat in […]
Somalia: US airstrike kills four al Shabaab fighters
The US Africa Command best known as AFRICOM Wednesday said it killed four members of al Shabaab militant group in Somalia, in an airstrike. “U.S. […]