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Following the start of the follow-up military drills in the central regions where President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been touring, official media in Somalia revealed that an operation carried out by the Somali National Army (SNA) had resulted in the deaths of three Al-Shabaab militants. The Somali National Army has …

The militant organisation al-Shabaab has come under fire from the president of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, for blocking the town of Baidoa for a week. Authorities claim that the Islamist group has shut off supplies coming into and leaving the region, causing the record drought and insecurity-related hunger to grow. …

During a military operation on Wednesday, the Somali army killed at least 30 al-Shabaab terrorists, including two suspected commanders, according to the Defense Ministry. According to a statement from the ministry published on Twitter following the military action, the Somali National Army (SNA) carried out the operation close to El-Qura, …

The national police force of Kenya reported on Thursday that a suspected Al-Shabaab attack near the nation’s border with Somalia had resulted in the deaths of 20 “militants” and the injuries of eight officers. In an ambush on Wednesday, a special squad of police officers came under “heavy” fire while …

An attack with homemade rockets on the capital of Somalia on Tuesday resulted in at least three fatalities and two injuries, according to an official. “The attack was by rockets. The attackers used an unconventional method to launch the rockets and they were fired from the outskirts of Mogadishu. One …