The armed group says it seizes control of Wargaadhi town and its military base, but the Somali army denies the claim.

Al-Qaeda-affiliated group claims to have overrun army base in Wargaadhi, but Somali Defense Ministry denies and says it ...

African leaders meeting in Uganda are calling for more peacekeepers for Somalia to defend against the extremist ...

Somalia’s foreign minister accuses Taiwan of launching military training programmes for Somaliland’s security forces.

The decision comes as Taipei has worked to build its ties with Somaliland, a breakaway territory that declared independence ...

Somalia and Taiwan have imposed entry bans for each other’s citizens, officials said Wednesday, in a diplomatic tiff that appeared to be linked to Taiwan’s recognition of Somalia’s breakaway region of ...

Somalia’s political history is often narrated as a tale of linear decline moving from a hopeful post-independence state to ...

AU Army chiefs emphasized the principle of collective security under the African Union’s Common Defence and Security Policy ...

Al Shabaab fighters battled Somali troops and allied forces for control of a strategic army base in central Somalia on ...

Al Shabaab Battles Somalia's Army for Control of Strategic Military Base MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Al Shabaab fighters battled Somali troops and allied forces for control of a strategic army base in ...

Al-Shabab has been fighting the Somali government for more than 16 years and frequently targets government officials and military personnel. It said in a statement that its fighters had captured ...