Kenya and other countries contributing troops in Somalia have called for UN financing of the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia. It faces a Sh96 million shortfall and needs ...

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Defense and foreign affairs ministers from troop-contributing countries to the African Union (AU) ...

Somalia's Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre reshuffled the government, appointing Ahmed Moallim Fiqi Ahmed as the new defence ...

Ahmed Moallim Fiqi Ahmed, who previously served as foreign minister and national security chief, was appointed defense ...

Somalia’s Defence Minister, Jibril Abdirashid Haji Abdi, thanked Uganda and TCCs for their ongoing support in Somalia’s fight ...

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Shabaab’s doorstep by kicking them out ...

The African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) is tasked with combating the Al-Shabaab Islamist ...

The African Union’s interim representative, Rahmon Adebayo, has arrived in Mogadishu after Somalia expelled his predecessor, ...

Al Shabaab fighters clashed with Somali troops over control of a strategic army base in Wargaadhi, central Somalia. The base, ...

Al Shabaab fighters battled Somali troops and allied forces for control of a strategic army base in central Somalia on ...