Tag: Somali Armed Forces

An al-Shabab military commander has defected and surrendered to Somali government forces, authorities in Mogadishu said. A Somali general who ...

Al-Shabab insurgents in Somalia have beheaded two government soldiers they captured on Saturday near the town of Mahaday, 35 kilometers ...

A US soldier has been killed in Somalia during operations against al-Shabab militants, the American military says. Two other US ...

An American soldier was shot dead and two others wounded in Somalia during a joint operation with Somali forces against ...

The United States is deploying "a few dozen" troops to Somalia to assist the national army and conduct unspecified security ...

Britain's foreign minister, Boris Johnson, made a surprise visit to Somalia on Wednesday, conferring with leaders on its security problems ...

MOGADISHU — The Somali National Army (SNA), backed by troops from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), on Tuesday ...

An airstrike in Somalia that the US said had targeted al-Shabab actually killed 10 members of an allied local militia, ...

Saudi Arabia's King Salman has congratulated Somalia "on the anniversary of the country's national day", but on the wrong date. ...

MOGADISHU (AFP) - Fighters from the Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab group said Sunday they had retaken control of a town in central ...

Mogadishu (AFP) - Heavily-armed Shabaab fighters seized control of a Somali town near the Kenyan border on Friday after an ...