Al-Shabab rebels have seized the central Somali town of Mahaas after an assault involving explosions and a ground offensive.

Ethiopians Closing In On Capital of Somalia. Islamic Militias Vow Stiff Defense As War Intensifies. ... Ethiopian troops fought their way closer to the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Tuesday, ...

On December 12, The Somali National Army (SNA) of the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) in Mogadishu was routed from the southern Somali town of Ras Kamboni by the regional forces of Jubaland, a ...

Somalia is once again the war no one wants to touch. Ethiopia is discovering, as the U.S. has in Iraq, that invasion and occupation are two different things.