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NAIROBI, Kenya — Armed militants from Somalia raided a Kenyan police camp near the border, killed six reservists and seized weapons, Kenyan police said Sunday. Four other police reservists ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — A German nurse abducted while working in Somalia seven years ago has pleaded with the German government to secure her release as security in the country continues to be fluid ...

Kenyan police say armed militants from Somalia have raided a Kenyan police camp near the border, killed six reservists and seized weapons NAIROBI, Kenya -- Armed militants from Somalia raided a ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia and Ethiopia have welcomed a recent military deal between the Somali National Army (SNA) and the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF), which paved the way for a new ...

Mogadishu — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud expressed Somalia's "full solidarity" with the people of South Sudan on Sunday, as political tensions escalated in the neighboring country ...

All movements of embassy personnel have been canceled until further notice. LONDON -- The U.S. embassy in Somalia has warned Americans that they are tracking “credible information” regarding ...

One month ago, on the morning of Feb. 4, forces from Somalia’s Puntland region attacked Islamic State terror group fighters, who responded with drones, suicide ...

Mogadishu — Ethiopian warplanes launched precision airstrikes on Friday against Al-Shabaab bases in Somalia's Middle Shabelle region, Somali Defense Minister Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur said ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - In a recent development, Ethiopia has advanced its objective of securing sea access through enhanced relations with Somalia, as stated by Nebiat Getachew, spokesperson for ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali security forces on Wednesday ended a 24-hour siege at a hotel in the central city of Beledwyne, leaving an unknown number of people dead, including all the al ...

Somali security forces have ended a deadly 24-hour siege by Islamist fighters who stormed a popular hotel in the central city of Beledweyne, authorities said. The attack by al-Shabab began with a ...