The United Nations has given the green light for a new African peacekeeping mission to tackle the al-Qaida-linked group ...

Somalia, situated on the east coast of Africa, has spent much of the past three decades grappling with internal strife ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - In a coordinated effort with the Federal Government of Somalia, the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) said ...

The UN Security Council on Friday gave the green light to a new African Union force in Somalia that is meant to take on the ...

At least 30 members of the Somali regional police force and 53 civilians have been killed by an armed group that crossed into Ethiopian territory, Harshin Woreda, from Somaliland over the past week.

Over the past seven years, the Somali Region has basked in an unprecedented era of tranquility – a delicate yet monumental milestone in a region long shadowed by instability. This peace is far more ...

Ethiopia has been a key contributor to previous African Union missions aimed at stabilizing Somalia against insurgent groups ...

The UN Security Council has endorsed the AU's decision to replace its mission in Somalia, ATMIS, with a new force called ...

to support the Federal Government of Somalia in its efforts to degrade al-Shabaab and affiliates linked to the Islamic State ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Burundi has withdrawn from the new African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Burundi has withdrawn from the new African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) due to a lack of consensus with Somalia over troop allocation.

The United Nations Security Council approved a new African Union force in Somalia on Friday to combat the Islamist militant group al-Shabab, with ...