Before the establishment of the Islamic State in Somalia in 2015, the Somali jihadist group al-Shabaab had established itself in the north. The small group had extensive connections to smuggling ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Al-Qaeda's East Africa associates — Al-Shabaab, suffered immense setbacks in central regions of Somalia, state media reports, in what comes at the time President Hassan Sheikh ...

For Somalia, however—a country still navigating the complexities of statehood after three decades of conflict—the allure of such sweeping strategies risks becoming a distraction. While the ambition is ...

Somali security forces have ended a deadly 24-hour siege by Islamist fighters who stormed a popular hotel in the central city of Beledweyne, authorities said. The attack by al-Shabab began with a ...

Al-Shabab (Harakat Shabab al-Mujahidin) publicly refer to themselves as a jihadist movement. AMISOM was sent to Somalia to support a weak but internationally backed transitional government against an ...

When Abu Mohammad al Jolani, leader of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), captured ... at 2024’s Gaza solidarity encampment in the university; ICE agents who arrested the Palestinian from his ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A car bomb ...

SEOUL – The YouTuber who calls himself Johnny Somali, and faced public backlash ... professor of general education at Sungshin Women’s University in Seoul, who is known for promoting Korean ...

In a separate incident, at least 10 people, including eight Al Shabaab fighters, were killed in fighting in a village in the Middle Shabelle region in southern Somalia, Ali Farah, a military ...

The changing role of Somali women represents a profound shift in the country’s social, economic, and political landscape. Once marginalized, Somali women have emerged as key figures in education, ...

Johnny Somali, the U.S. YouTuber indicted for mocking ... Seo Kyung-duk, a professor at Sungshin Women’s University, called for a strong sentence to set an example, Yonhap News Agency reported ...