Al-Shabaab is an al-Qaeda-linked militant group based in Somalia. It claimed responsibility for the deadly attack at a Kenyan mall in September 2013. The group has recruited some Americans.

Defense Ministry says over 50 al-Shabaab terrorists killed in last 5 days of operations, which also claimed 2 soldiers' lives ...

A Ugandan military helicopter deployed with the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia crashed at Mogadishu airport on ...

Burundian troops in Somalia, who were to depart from the African Union mission by end of June, will now stay longer to help ...

The Somali Al-Shabaab group’s ability to rebound and recapture territory underscores the need to reinforce the government’s counterterrorism capacities.

Al-Shabaab is trying to establish jihadist rule over territory in Somalia. The Houthis, a Zaydi Shia rebel group backed by the regime in Tehran, ...

Al-Shabaab’s resilience is, therefore, a symptom of these state-building and governance failures. Second, it’s important to keep in mind a few things about al-Shabaab as an organization.

Al-Shabaab’s resurgence would have seemed unlikely a year or two ago. In mid-2022, an uprising against al-Shabaab by the Macawiisley — a clan-based armed group — backed by the Somali National Army and ...

Al-Shabaab is a Somali group that the United States designated as a foreign terrorist organization in March 2008. It wants to turn Somalia into a fundamentalist Islamic state, according to the ...

Al-Shabaab is a Somali group that the United States designated as a foreign terrorist organization in March 2008. It wants to turn Somalia into a fundamentalist Islamic state, according to the ...

Al-Shabaab is an al-Qaeda-linked militant group based in Somalia. It claimed responsibility for the deadly attack at a Kenyan mall in September 2013. The group has recruited some Americans.