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Future crises will result from the combination of climate-related shocks, armed conflict provoked by al-Shabaab and unresolved grievances, competition over natural resources and systemic marginalization of certain groups, he said. The objective should be to reduce human vulnerability by creating jobs, i...
Looking back, this is not the first time that Al Shabaab has clashed with the Islamic state in Somalia, in 2015 there was some inter-fighting between the two groups. But neither side would comment on these potential clashes and remained radio silent throughout that period. Al Shabaab is ...
Somalia's al Shabaab group launched a car bomb and gun attack on an African Union mission troop camp in the Shabelle region in the center of the country, a local elder said on Tuesday. "We were awoken by huge blasts early in the morning. The blasts were at the African Union mission ...
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's army and associated clan militias have killed at least 20 al Shabaab fighters in towns in the centre of the country, a regional official and the Information Ministry said on Wednesday, in the latest onslaught against the group. Ahmed Shire...
with which it has an ongoing low-intensity conflict for the Sool and Sanaag regions. On its territory, instead, “the land of Punt” (an ancient Egyptian myth from which the name of today’s region derives) must face the attacks of al-Shabaab, which finds shelter in the mountains of Gal...
The Al-Shabaab militants still control large swathes of rural central and southern Somalia, but the ongoing operations have drastically weakened the group, which is also struggling to contain internal differences. Al-Shabaab is keen to topple the fragile UN-backed Somalia administration. ...
Said Deni, the Puntland President, recently asked the federal government of Somalia to "embrace" dialogue as the most appropriate approach towards promoting unity and in the fight against Al-Shabaab. The militants control large swathes of rural southern and central Somalia and have since ...
MOGADISHU, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Somali government said on Thursday that its security forces backed by international partners killed seven Al-Shabaab militants in airstrikes conducted in the southern town of Jilib on Wednesday night. "Our security forces killed seven Al-Shabaab militants, includ...
Al-Shabaab insisted that "we shall continue attacking collaborators, and this is for the sake of defending the people of Somalia from the rogue administration which has meted violence against our people". It termed the operation "successful". ...