Seven soldiers killed in al-Shabab attack on Somali military base

Fighters from the al-Shabab group stormed a military base in central Somalia that the government had recaptured from them last year, killing at least seven soldiers, including the base commander, an officer said.

Somalia claims capture of key port town from al-Shabab

Somalia’s government-led forces have captured an al-Shabab stronghold on the Indian Ocean, the defence minister said on Monday, in one of their most significant victories since launching an offensive against the group last year.

At Least 8 Killed in Police Convoy Bombing in Somalian Capital - Tasnim News Agency

(Tasnim) – A suicide bomber targeted a vehicle in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital on Saturday, in an effort to assassinate a local police head.

U.S. service member killed in al-Shabab attack in Somalia

A U.S. service member died and four others sustained injuries Friday during a firefight with al-Shabab militants in Somalia, military officials said.

U.S. strikes al-Shabab in Somalia

U.S. forces conducted an airstrike Sunday against al-Shabab militants in Somalia, the Pentagon announced.

SOMALIA : Car bomb attack at Mogadishu market kills 35, injures 40

At least 35 people were killed and more than 40 were injured when a car bomb exploded at a market on the outskirts of the Somali capital Mogadishu, local police told EFE on Sunday.

28 killed in Shabaab attack on Mogadishu hotel

Twenty ­eight people were killed when Al­ Shabaab terror/fighters attacked a popular Mogadishu hotel, setting off two car bombs and opening fire on security guards, according to the city's main ambulance service.

US to Investigate Deadly Strike in Somalia : Members of local government forces killed

The U.S. military will investigate conflicting reports on Wednesday’s deadly U.S. airstrike in Somalia, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said.

Somalia: US accused of killing 22 troops in air strike

An American air strike in northern Somalia killed as many as 22 soldiers, an official from the region alleged, suggesting the United States had been duped into attacking Somali troops.

Al-Shabab seizes African Union base in Somalia

Al-Shabab militants have overrun an African Union military base outside the southern Somali town of el-Ade.