On Feb. 1, President Donald Trump ordered the first airstrike of his presidency, against senior Islamic State commanders in northern Somalia. A U.S. intelligence official, speaking like others in ...

U.S. airstrikes killed 16 militants affiliated with the Islamic State terrorist group in northern Somalia, officials there said Monday. A spokesperson for security operations in the Puntland ...

Maeleninine was the main target of the Feb. 1 airstrike against Islamic State hideouts in the semi-autonomous region of northern Somalia. In an interview with VOA Somali, the Puntland state ...

U.S. officials say now-suspended programs across Africa were designed specifically to respond to national security threats and contain the spread of terrorism.

A long-term maritime agreement could boost Somalia's naval capacity to curb illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.Somalia loses around US$300 million annually to illegal, unreported and ...

TNH interviewed nearly a dozen people who all alleged that they, or their deceased relatives, were victims of beatings or ...

Security forces in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region said Wednesday they had killed scores of fighters linked to ISIS in heavy fighting in the mountains. It was the latest in a string of ...

In February the U.S. carried out airstrikes against Islamic terrorists in Puntland, which is in northern Somalia. Soldiers and militiamen killed over 120 Al Shabab attackers. Last year piracy returned ...

"We encourage dialogue between the Yemen and Al-Shabaab sanctions Panels ... to shed light on and ultimately sever the ties ...

A long-term maritime agreement could boost Somalia’s naval capacity to curb illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.

In northern Somalia, where the Islamic State has built an operational and financial hub, local forces are locked in a bloody offensive aimed at dislodging the militants but have been unable to ...