Somalia Security News

An al-Shabaab suicide bomber targeted the Jalalaqsi district commissioner Thursday afternoon. In a disturbing incident that rocked the town in...

A deadly IED attack by al-Shabaab targeted soldiers in Mogadishu on Thursday afternoon. The improvised explosive device (IED) blast has...

Dozens of members of a powerful subclan support al-Shabaab against the military offensive of the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS)....

Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) officer was assassinated in the Arjantin area of Mogadishu's Karan district. The tragic...

The Galgaduud carnage might be the consequence of arming clans in Somalia. Up to ten gunmen murdered five boys, all...

By Yahya: Dabogoryaale, Oodweyne District, Togdheer, Somaliland, Somalia – The Garhajis militia, also known as Ga'an Libaah rebel forces, has...

By Jama: South and Central Somalia – Reports from areas under al-Shabaab control indicate that the extremist group has enforced...

By Jama: Vicinity of Qorof and Dhabad villages, Somalia-Ethiopia border – Five boys, all under 13 years old, were murdered...

By Yahya: Puntland, Somalia – The Islamic State's Somalia branch, the ISS, has pledged allegiance to Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi,...

By Yahya: Garissa, Garissa County, Kenya – Kenyan security forces apprehended six foreign nationals on their way to join the...