Islamist militants have launched a gun and bomb attack on an African Union (AU) peacekeeper base in Somalia. Al Shabab fighters detonated two car bombs outside the base in the town of Bulamarer,...
Two large explosions in Somalia’s capital city Mogadishu have killed at least 18 people and injured dozens. One attack took place at the gates of the presidential palace, while a second hit near...
Egyptian side Misr El-Makkasa are set to activate their option to buy Ghanaian attacker John Antwi from Al Ahly. John Antwi, who joined Al Ahly from Saudi Arabian side Al Shabab in the 2015 summer...
Suspected gunmen from the militant Islamist group al-Shabab have attacked a police post in Kenya’s coastal town of Lamu near the Somalia border, police confirmed to the BBC. Combined Kenyan...
Suspected gunmen from the militant Islamist group al-Shabab have attacked a police post in Kenya’s coastal town of Lamu near the Somalia border, police confirmed to the BBC. Combined Kenyan...
Somalia’s militant Islamist group al-Shabab says it has carried out a major assault on a military base in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland. Its fighters killed 61 government troops and seized...
Suspected al-Shabab militants killed a teacher and abducted another as they burned down a school late Wednesday in northeastern Kenya. The Kenyan MP from the region Musfafe Abdirashid told VOA's...
An al-Shabab military commander has defected and surrendered to Somali government forces, authorities in Mogadishu said. A Somali general who interviewed the defector told VOA the al-Shabab commander...
Somali militants have stoned a man to death after an Islamic court convicted him of adultery. Dayow Mohamed Hassan, 44, was buried neck-deep and pelted to death with stones by al-Shabab fighters. He...
Somali militants have stoned a man to death after an Islamic court convicted him of adultery. Dayow Mohamed Hassan, 44, was buried neck-deep and pelted to death with stones by al-Shabab fighters. He...
A court run by militant Islamists in southern Somalia has stoned a married man to death for adultery. Dayow Mohamed Hassan, 44, was buried neck-deep and pelted to death with stones by al-Shabab...
Five Kenyan policemen have been killed after their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in the north-eastern town of Liboi, near the border with Somalia. The attack happened almost at the exact spot where...
Former Dreams FC striker Lawson Bekui wins Oman Premier League with Dhofar Club. It is a tenth league title for the Omani giants after drawing 2-2 with second placed Al Shabab on the last day on...
A US soldier has been killed in Somalia during operations against al-Shabab militants, the American military says. Two other US servicemen were injured in Thursday's incident, about 40 miles (64km)...
A United States service member was killed Thursday in Somalia during an operation against the extremist group al-Shabab, the US military said Friday. The mission was part of US efforts to step up its...
Kenya's Ministry of Defense said its troops, operating under the African Union Mission in Somalia, have destroyed an al-Shabab camp, killing 52 militants and seizing weapons. In a statement, the...
The United States is deploying "a few dozen" troops to Somalia to assist the national army and conduct unspecified security operations, a US military spokeswoman said Saturday. The soldiers from the...
At least five soldiers have been killed and more than 15 wounded after a suicide bomber wearing a military uniform blew himself up inside a military base in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, witnesses...
Somalia's new military boss has survived a suspected suicide car bomb attack that has killed at least 15 people, according to police. General Mohamed Ahmed Jimale, who was recently named new chief of...
At least three people have been killed and several others wounded in mortar attacks in Somalia's capital a day after the country's new president declared a war on the militant group al-Shabab. Four...
