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US takes out 7 al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia 'self-defense strike'
AFRICOM revealed the attack on Wednesday and said it came at the request of the Somali government and “in support of Somali National Army engagements against al-Shabaab.”
US kills 17 Somalia terrorists months after Biden reverses Trump pullout
Thirteen al-Shabaab fighters were killed in a Sunday airstrike while “actively attacking Somali National Army forces in a remote location” near Teedaan in central Somalia.
Biden sending US troops back to Somalia, reversing Trump pullout
President Biden has secretly ordered US troops back into Somalia, reversing former President Donald Trump's pullout of roughly 700 troops, according to a report.
Suicide bomb in Mogadishu kills nine in government convoy
A suicide bomb targeting a senior police official killed nine people in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Saturday — the second deadly terrorist attack in the besieged city this...
Man indicted on charges of plotting 9/11-style terror attack
A Kenyan national plotted for years to launch a 9/11-style terror attack against the US, learning how to fly a plane and scheming to sneak into the country, federal prosecutors...
Suicide bomber drives into checkpoint at Somalia port
At least five people were injured when a suicide car bomber plowed into a checkpoint near the port in Mogadishu, Somalia early Saturday, Reuters reported. The explosion shook parts of...
Extremist group al-Shabab sets up coronavirus center in Somalia
AIROBI, Kenya — The al-Qaida-linked extremist group in Somalia has unveiled a COVID-19 isolation and care facility, a sign that the group is taking seriously the pandemic that continues to...
Soldier, 23, IDed as al-Shabaab terror attack victim
A 23-year-old Army soldier from suburban Chicago was among the three Americans killed when terrorists attacked a military base in Kenya over the weekend, his family confirmed on Monday. The...
Three Americans killed during al-Shabab attack on military base in Kenya
Al-Shabab militants launched a predawn attack Sunday on an airstrip used by U.S. and Kenyan militaries, located on Kenya's coast near the border with Somalia, killing one U.S. service member...
3 Americans killed in Islamic terror attack on Kenya military base
Three Americans were killed and several planes destroyed early Sunday when Islamist terrorists from al-Shabaab stormed a key military base in Kenya that is used by US counterterrorism forces, according...
At least 26 dead in Somali hotel attack claimed by al-Shabaab
A terrorist attack in Somalia left at least 26 dead and dozens more wounded, according to reports. The carnage began when heavily armed members of the terrorist group al-Shabaab stormed...
Cuban doctors abducted by suspected al-Shabaab militants in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya — Suspected Islamist militants abducted two Cuban doctors in an ambush that killed a police bodyguard in northern Kenya near the Somali border, officials said Friday. It was...
US airstrike kills dozens of al-Shabaab extremists in Somalia
JOHANNESBURG — The United States military says it has killed 35 fighters from the al-Shabaab extremist group with an airstrike in central Somalia, not far from the Ethiopian border. In...
US airstrike in Somalia kills 52 al-Shabab extremists
JOHANNESBURG — The US military on Saturday said it had carried out its deadliest airstrike in Somalia in months, killing 52 al-Shabab extremists after a “large group” mounted an attack...
US airstrikes wipe out dozens of al-Shabaab militants in Somalia
The US military killed 62 al-Shabaab militants during six weekend airstrikes in Somalia, officials said Monday. Four strikes near Gandarshe, in Somalia's south-central Banaadir province, were carried out Saturday, killing...
Notorious terrorist group reportedly bans plastic bags
They have no problem stoning to death a mother of eight — but wouldn't dare harm Mother Nature. The al-Qaeda-linked Somali terrorist group Al-Shabaab announced a ban on single-use plastic...
US soldier killed, 4 others wounded in 'enemy attack' in Somalia
Rebels killed a U.S. Special Operations soldier and wounded four others in Somalia. The name of the fallen soldier will be released after family is notified. The wounded were treated...
Suicide bomber kills 10 at Somali police academy: cops
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A Somali police officer says a suicide bomber has killed at least 10 people at a police academy in the capital. Capt. Mohamed Hussein said that the...
Over a dozen dead after car bomb rocks Mogadishu
Two car bombs killed at least 23 people and injured more than 30 in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, on Saturday — and the Islamic militant group al Shabaab quickly claimed responsibility....
The terror group as brutal as ISIS
A young girl accused of adultery is forced into a hole in the ground and buried up to her neck in front of about 1,000 spectators who have come to...