The offensive al-Shabaab launched in late February 2025 marks its most ambitious push in years, reversing government gains and reasserting control in swathes of central and southern Somalia. The rapid ...
A naturalized U.S. citizen could be stripped of his status after being convicted of providing material support to terrorists ...
A jury returned a guilty verdict today against Cholo Abdi Abdullah, 34, on all six counts in the indictment, which included conspiring to provide, and providing, material support to a foreign ...
The New York Times reported earlier this month that recent gains by al-Shabaab Islamist militants in central and southern Somalia has prompted a debate within the State Department about closing the ...
Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John C. Demers, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant ...
Shabaab fighters march in Somalia. Image from a Shabaab propaganda video. The Somali government stated on Monday that another co-founder of Shabaab is dead. The individual, identified as Mahmoud Abdi ...
In June 2024, US intelligence uncovered discussions between Yemen’s Houthis and Somalia’s Al-Shabaab militants, signalling increased threats to East African stability. A February 2025 UN report ...
There have been numerous reports of arrests of al-Shabaab insurgents, the dismantling of an al-Shabaab terrorist network and interception of arms in Ethiopia in 2024. Reports have also suggested that ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: EU-trained Somali special police forces handed over to government to bolster Mogadishu security MOGADISHU (Reuters) - ...
NAIROBI, Kenya - Security teams in Kenya have been activated in the coastal area and around the dense Boni Forest to pursue Al-Shabaab attackers, who are said to have killed at least five police ...
Last week, after months of speculation and dubious reports about his fate, Omar Hammami – the American commander and erstwhile media face of al-Shabaab – left the jihadist group. In an interview with ...