First U.S. Airstrikes on Islamic State in Somalia
The U.S. conducted its first airstrikes against Islamic State in northeastern Somalia killing several terrorists on November 3rd. The first...
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Al-Shabaab Attacks Civilians in Pizza House
Over the past week, al-Shabaab carried out two successful terrorist attacks in Somalia. The first took place on June 8...
Al-Shabaab and the Battle for Somalia
On June 8th, al-Shabaab fighters attacked a military base in Puntland, a semi-autonomous region in Somalia. The jihadist group claims...
Can the African Union’s mission against Al-Shabaab succeed in time?
On March 2nd Kenyan Defense Forces (KDF) operating in Somalia conducted a raid against Al-Shabaab terrorists in the town of...
Somali President’s Palace Targeted by Al Shabaab Car Bomb
On August 30th, 2016, a bomb targeted the palace of Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud. The blast outside the SYL...
Jahba East Africa Jihadists Encroaching Upon al-Shabaab
On Thursday, April 7, 2016, Jahba East Africa officially pledged an allegiance to Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,...
AMISOM and U.S. Forces Kill Several High-Level Commanders in Al Shabaab
On Tuesday, April 5, 2016, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) reported it had killed several top commanders of...
Al Shabaab Continues Assault on AU Forces
Early Friday morning, January 15, 2015, the New York Times reported that Al Shabaab, an Al Qaeda affiliated group, forces...
Kenyan military accused of corruption and side business deals with al-Shabaab
A report published by Kenyan advocacy group Journalists for Justice alleges that corrupt elements in the Kenyan military forces deployed...
Al-Shabaab continues to prosecute asymmetrical campaign against African Union
Approximately two months after its attack on an AMISOM base in southern Somalia, in which it claimed the killing of...
Al Shabaab Weekend Attacks: Drive-by Shooting, Hotel Bombing
On July 25, Abdullahi Hussein Mohamud Bantu, a member of Somalia’s Parliament, was killed in a drive-by shooting in the...
Al Shabaab Showing Signs of Resurgence in Southern and Central Somalia
Within the past week, the Al Qaeda-linked terrorist organization Al Shabaab has made several advances in the lower Shebelle region...
Al Shabaab Attacks AMISOM Base in Leego, Somalia
On June 26, a suicide car bomber drove into the main gates of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)...
Al Shabaab Targets UAE for the First Time
On June 24, al Shabaab fighters killed a number of people in a suicide car bomb attack in Mogadishu, Somalia,...
7 Killed in U.N. Somali Bus Bomb as al Shabaab Targets AMISOM Contributors
Somalia’s Al-Qaeda’s affiliate group Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for an attack on a bus carrying numerous UNICEF members in Northern Somalia....
Instability in Burundi Tells of Larger Trend in Africa
Ten years after emerging from a civil war, there are noteworthy signs of instability in the east-African state of Burundi...