The Islamic State group in Somalia continues to pose a security threat to the Puntland region despite suffering significant ...

Boosaaso (Commentary) — Your editorial on the Puntland Constitution touches on several aspects of the political apathy that characterises Puntland as a sub-national entity in Somalia. It is deplorable ...

Samira Aden Abdi Research Officer, East Africa Regional Organised Crime Observatory, ENACT, ISS Nairobi Halkano Wario East Africa Regional Organised Crime Observatory, ENACT, ISS Nairobi Somalia loses ...

U.S. forces conducted an airstrike against the al Qaeda-linked al-Shabab over the weekend in Somalia. The airstrike by U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) targeted an area nearly 40 miles northwest of ...

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has supported that country’s government in the fight against al-Shabaab for the past 15 years. The operation was due to end in December 2021, and ...

One of al-Qaeda’s best-funded and most lethal global affiliates, al-Shabab has retaken important towns from Somali forces over the past three months. Its fighters previously launched an assault ...

Displaced and uncertain about the future, she arrived in Garowe, Somalia in 2022 and took shelter at an internally displaced person (IDP) camp. “I was hopeless and terrified for my daughters’ future,” ...