The African Union, established in 2002 to replace the OAU, was designed to address conflicts through “African solutions for ...

Under President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the country’s political landscape has become a battleground of personal agendas, ...

The ship and its crew were hijacked in late November and taken to Xaafuun district in the semi-autonomous state of Puntland, a territory in Somalia’s northeast. The pirates who took the ship later ...

Over the next decade its share of the world’s population is expected to reach 21%, up from 13% in 2000, 9% in 1950 and 11% in ...

His orange henna-dyed beard and striking eyewear would make him easy to pick out in a crowd, but Abdul Qadir Mumin has remained elusive. The Somalian leader of the Islamic State (IS) group has in ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Islamic State militants (ISIS) have admitted to conducting attacks at a military base attached to the Puntland Regional Forces, leading to heavy clashes that left the group on ...

Authorities in the Somali autonomous region of Puntland said eight foreign militants were killed following an attack by Islamic fighters on security forces early Tuesday. Residents said the attack ...

Somali cadets during a past military training given by the members of Turkish Task Force Command at the Anatolian Barracks in Mogadishu, Somalia. The Islamic State group on Wednesday claimed ...

The population of Gaza has fallen 6 percent since Israel’s devastating assault on the besieged Palestinian territory began nearly 15 months ago, according to the official Palestinian statistics ...

GAROWE, Somalia, Jan 1 (Reuters) - The Islamic State group on Wednesday claimed responsibility for an attack on a military base in Somalia's northeastern region of Puntland a day earlier, the ...

In Puntland, Somalia's security forces successfully repelled a sophisticated attack by Islamic State suicide bombers. This marks the first major IS attack since Puntland announced offensives against ...