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In a first, Somalia-based al-Shabab is attacking in Ethiopia
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe al-Shabab extremist group has exploited Ethiopia’s internal turmoil to cross the border from...
Treasury sanctions IS-Somalia weapons traffickers, al-Shabab
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Treasury Department announced sanctions Tuesday against a weapons trafficking network affiliated...
Loud explosion is heard as Somali militant group says its fighters have attacked a hotel in capital
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe Somali extremist group al-Shabab said its fighters have attacked a hotel in the capital...
Al-Shabab extremists deny contact with Somalia's government
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Somalia-based al-Shabab extremist group has denied having contact with the Somali government after the country’s deputy defense minister claimed that the extremists had for the first time ...
Somalia names former al-Shabab deputy a government minister
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA former deputy leader of the al-Shabab extremist group has been named a government minister by...
Al-Shabab claims attack in Somali capital that kills 4 Emirati troops and 1 Bahraini officer
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe al-Qaida-linked militant group al-Shabab claimed an attack that killed four Emirati troops and a...
Study: Facebook allowed the sharing of content calling for violence against East Africa
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A new study has found that Facebook has failed to catch Islamic State group...
'They are on the run': Somalia leads fight against al-Shabab
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEnough was enough. For 13 years, extremists with al-Qaida’s East Africa affiliate had controlled...
Somali security forces end al-Shabab siege that killed 10
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSecurity forces in Somalia have ended a siege by al-Shabab extremists that killed 10 people and...
Al-Shabab extremist group attacks hotel in Somali capital
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The extremist group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility Sunday for an unfolding armed attack on a hotel in the Somali capital. Al-Shabab said in a broadcast on its own ...