Tag: Al-Shabaab

Kenya’s Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has declared that the long-closed border with Somalia will officially reopen soon, arguing the current 15-year shutdown has...

Somali Police Force Commander Major General Asad Osman Abdullahi met with a senior Turkish delegation in Mogadishu on Tuesday to sign a new security...

Airstrikes in southern Somalia have killed at least 30 al-Shabaab fighters who were preparing an offensive inside Ethiopia, security officials said Monday. The latest US-backed...

Somalia's intelligence agency has delivered a major blow to Al-Shabaab, killing over 33 militants in a series of coordinated operations in the Middle Shabelle region, dismantling key hideouts and logistical networks.

A precision airstrike in Somalia’s Lower Juba region has killed Al-Shabaab’s lead bombmaker, a high-value target linked to dozens of deadly IED attacks. The operation, conducted in coordination with Somali intelligence, deals a severe blow to the group’s capacity to produce sophisticated explosives.

Kenyan opposition politician Farah Maalim has accused Ethiopia of meddling in Somalia’s internal affairs for three decades, alleging a coordinated alliance involving Al-Shabaab, Western intelligence, the UAE, and “sellout Somalis” working to maintain Somalia’s failed state status.

Kenyan security forces killed two suspected Al-Shabaab militants and wounded several others in a targeted operation near the Somalia border. The raid, conducted by the elite Special Operations Group, was carried out based on intelligence about a planned infiltration ahead of Eid al-Fitr celebrations.