Somalia and Saudi Arabia signed a military cooperation agreement weeks after Israel's recognition of an independent Somaliland. But what's in it for Saudi Arabia? Somalia's defense minister Ahmed ...

China recently pledged to expand military support to Somalia in its fight against al-Shabaab militants. Beijing has promised equipment, training and closer security cooperation with Mogadishu. This ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The United States is suspending food and fuel aid for most of Somalia’s armed forces over corruption concerns, a blow to the military as African peacekeepers start to withdraw this ...

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Rival forces in the Somali army shot at each other in the capital Mogadishu on Monday, with one group trying to storm a former United Arab Emirates-run training centre, soldiers ...

United States military forces carried out an airstrike Saturday against Islamist group Al-Shabaab, killing 52 militants, according to a statement from US Africa Command. "US Africa Command conducted ...

Residents of Runirgood said they had seen dead bodies of both al Shabaab and government soldiers in the town The Islamist group, which wants to topple Somalia's Western-backed government, said it had ...

Beijing’s growing security role in Mogadishu reflects a wider contest for influence across ...

STUTTGART, Germany – Somalia collapsed as a state, beginning in the late 1980s, and the Somali people have suffered some 30 years of war, displacement, and famine ever since. The Somali conflict has ...

(CNN) — The US military conducted a series of airstrikes targeting terrorists in Somalia and Yemen over the weekend, according to multiple military officials. The US military conducted three strikes ...