U.N. experts say the al-Shabab extremist group remains the greatest immediate threat to peace and stability in Somalia and the region, especially Kenya.

MOGADISHU/GAROWE, Somalia (Reuters) -Clashes erupted on Wednesday between forces from Somalia's federal government and the semi-autonomous Jubbaland region, raising concerns that internal rivalries ...

U.S. troops remain deployed in Syria, Iraq, Somalia and Yemen under war authorities, conducting raids and airstrikes in ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) – Renewed clan warfare threatens the future of Kismayo, where African Union and Somali troops earlier this week pushed out Islamic extremists. Kismayo was the last bastion ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Several people may have died on Sunday in Western Somalia following fresh fighting in the Gedo region, multiple sources confirmed, in the latest wave of violence within the ...

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Islamic and secular militias battled in Somalia's capital Thursday, the most widespread and some of the deadliest fighting in Mogadishu in 14 years. Dozens of people were killed and ...

GENEVA, April 8 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency said Friday that fighting in south and central Somalia between government forces and the Al-Shabaab militia has displaced about 33,000 people in the ...

Until recently, Habiba Mohammed Hujale thought the sound of gunfire and boom of hand grenade in Mandera would no longer send cold shivers down her spines. She has been on the line of fire as long as ...

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - At least five people were killed when a shell hit the minibus they were using to flee fighting in a town north west of the capital, as African Union and government soldiers ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Fighting erupted between Islamist rebels, government forces and African Union (AU) peacekeepers in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Friday, killing at least 22 people, witnesses said ...