NAIROBI, Kenya - A top Al-Shabaab commander who engineered an ambush at a Kenya Defense Forces [KDF] base in Somalia has surrendered, over four years after the deadly attack which is probably one of ...

NAIROBI, Kenya - Watching movies was part of intensive training that KDF soldiers engaged in for the final assault against Al-Shabaab in Kismayo, a former Commanding Officer has noted. Dubbed ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The extremist rebels of al-Shabab seized control of the central Somali town of Mahaas on Sunday after an assault involving explosions and a ground offensive, according to ...

In a brief statement released on Saturday, the United States military’s Africa Command (AFRICOM) confirmed that its forces had “conducted an operation against the ISIS-Somalia terrorist network in ...

President William Ruto has excited Kenyans after he stepped out in a full military regalia as he presides over KDF Day. Its ...

Kenyan troops serving under the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) have ...

The road from Garowe, the capital of Puntland statelet in northern Somalia, to the port of Bosaso runs through territory occupied by two of the world’s most notorious jihadist groups (see map). In the ...

Donald Trump’s frequent attempts to dress himself in the drag of a peace candidate have always been a cabaret made possible by the Democrats’ open-mouthed embrace of humanitarian colonialism. It’s ...

Emirates Airlines, along with other non-profit organisations, has partnered with Boeing to transport relief supplies on board its newly delivered 777-300ER to victims of the civil war in Somalia. The ...

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