The U.S. Africa Command blamed al Shabaab, al Qaeda's outpost in Africa, for the attack. Jan 5, 2020 Militants attack base used by U.S. forces in Somalia Belidogle airstrip is used by U.S. drones to target the al-Shabab militant group, which has claimed the attack on the base ...
Locals told Xinhua there had been intense gunfire between government troops and Al-Shabaab fighters in Afgoye in the past two days. Al-Shabaab militants have carried out frequent attacks in Somalia in its decade-long fight against the government....
SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB VOWS MORE ATTACKSCorrespondents / Al Jazeera
MOGADISHU, April 5 (Xinhua) -- African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) said its forces Wednesday thwarted attempts by the Al-Shabaab militants to attack its base in Hiran region in southwest Somalia. The AU mission said the insurgents who have been fighting the Western-backed government retrea...
Police inSomaliasaid Saturday that 32 people died and 63 others were wounded in an attack on a beach hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, the previous evening. Al Qaeda's East Africa affiliate,al-Shabab, said through its radio that its fighters carried out the attack. ...
Somalia-based Al-Shabaab militants have advanced technologically, the US has claimed, following evidence that the terror group is using modern technology including using weapons to attack soldiers servicing the Horn of Africa nation. In what could be a most disturbing revelation, Ambassador Jeffrey De...
Also participating in the crackdown are the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia [ATMIS] forces who have since started gradual withdrawal.In the coming weeks, the Somali National Army, US Africa Command, ATMIS, and local militia will activate a crackdown against Al-Shabaab in Jubaland ...
On December 16th there were reports coming out of Somalia that Islamic state fighters had clashed with Al Shabaab fighters. The Islamic state news agency,
U.S. Military Says Somalia Strike Killed 30 Al Shabaab Fighters More Reuters FILE PHOTO: Somali security officers drive past a section of Hotel Hayat, the scene of an al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group militant attack in Mogadishu, Somalia August 20, 2022. REUTERS/Feisal Omar/Fi...
Al-Shabaab has carried out frequent attacks in Somalia in its decade-long fight against the Somali government. The latest attack came as security has been tightened in Mogadishu for presidential election slated for the end of the year.