“We see the evidence of an [Somali] army in disarray and in retreat ... Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean from the shores of East Africa. Houthi rebels already present similar threats from Yemen, ...

The US military has stepped up its airstrikes against ISIS in Somalia and launched an intensive bombing campaign against the ...

Time for the terrorists to hide, but it won’t do them any good,' says Trump, touting Dan Caine, the new US military chief - ...

Since the collapse of the Somali state in 1992, Somalia has endured decades of conflict and political instability ...

Though each crisis is driven by different, home-grown causes, “the question of who controls the Red Sea and who will ...

Mogadishu, Somalia — A pirate group fired shots towards a bulker as part of a two-hour pursuit in the Gulf of Aden. The master of the unnamed Palau-flagged ship reported being followed by several ...

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Some State Department officials have proposed closing the embassy in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, as a precaution after ...

Al Shabaab fighters captured a town in central Somalia on Wednesday that government forces had been using as a staging area to drive back an offensive by the militants that has gained ground in recent ...

The U.S. military has killed one ISIS militant in a drone strike carried out on Friday southeast of Bosaso in the Bari region ...

Reports have emerged that the United Arab Emirates has deployed an advanced radar system to northeastern Somalia, specifically to the Puntland Maritime Headquarters adjacent to the UAE-operated Bosaso ...

“We see the evidence of an [Somali] army in disarray ... Indian Ocean from the shores of East Africa. Houthi rebels already present similar threats from Yemen, adding the Red Sea — and access ...