African Union (AU) troops backed by Somali security forces thwarted an attack on military bases by the extremist Al-Shabaab group in Sabiid-Anole town, located southwest of the capital Mogadishu.

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MOGADISHU, July 26 (Xinhua) -- African Union (AU) troops backed by Somali security forces on Friday thwarted an attack on military bases by a militant group in Sabiid-Anole town, located southwest of ...

Kaaho Maslah, 27, a Dutch woman of Somali origin, survived a brutal attack by her husband in Mogadishu after she tried leaving him.Her husband struck her face, neck, and cheeks repeatedly with a heavy ...

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The Somali state of Puntland on Thursday rejected accusations of piracy made by the central government after it seized a ship ...

Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region acknowledged it’s holding a vessel full of military equipment until it can work out ...

Despite billions of dollars in international support, Somalia's army has melted in the face of a months-long offensive by the ...

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Al Shabaab insurgents have seized the town of Tardo in Somalia's central Hiiran region and are pressing on with an advance that has already displaced thousands, a military official said.

In the early 1990s, the Somali Civil War tore the country apart and brought starvation to millions of people. Dozens of ...