Islamist militant group al-Shabab retakes Somalia's port city of Merca according to residents, while the African Union forces insist they still have control of the town

Can a 700km wall along the Kenya-Somalia border stop al-Shabab attacks? We investigate the threat of the armed group.

A passenger plane makes an emergency landing in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, with a gaping hole in its fuselage.

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) ? The media watchdog, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on authorities in Somalia to ''immediately release'' journalist Abdirisak Omar Ahmed or disclose any charge...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) ? The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned the arrest of a Somali Journalist, Jama Yusuf Deperani, by authorities in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland. ...

VOA News A top al-Shabab official believed to be the leader of a pro-Islamic State faction has been shot dead in an ambush in southern Somalia according to local residents...

When fleeing to Somalia is better than staying in Yemen

Print 27 October 2015 #150 Underscoring the ?fragile mental and physical condition? of ?Abyan? (the pseudonym for a Somalian refugee), who was allegedly raped in Nauru in July and was returned by Austr...

Al-Qaeda's East African affiliate has released a recruitment video targeting American blacks and Muslims that includes a clip of presidential candidate Donald Trump calling for Muslims to be banned fro...

Pentagon also confirms death of senior al-Shabab leader in Somalia in separate air strike.