Somalia's national army will soon launch a major operation to recapture towns and villages currently under the control of the Al-Shabaab militant group, the Ministry of Defence said on Friday.Speaking ...

As Fartun Hashi Warsame serves cardamom-spiced tea at her shop, she often overhears worried chatter about the al-Shabaab ...

Somalia's Army Chief of the Ground Forces, Brigadier General Sahal Abdullahi Omar, paid a high-level visit to the frontline town of Ceeldheer in the central Galgaduud region, in a push to accelerate ...

The Somali army and international peacekeepers have "fully secured" a strategic town from Islamist militants after over a week of fighting, the defence ministry said Friday.