The helicopter pilot is worried. But their hold is shaky and the helicopter -- one of the few in the SNA fleet and showing its age -- is a tempting target for the insurgents just a few miles away.
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The United States has pledged support in the war against al-Shabaab, lauding significant progress by the government of Somalia in improving security situations within the ...
For several years, online rumors have alleged that U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar's father, Nur Omar Mohamed, committed war crimes as a military officer in Somalia before immigrating to the U.S. as a ...
Amnesty International said Tuesday that two strikes in Somalia that killed 23 civilians in March should be investigated as war crimes. The strikes were carried out as part of Somali military ...
There is a parallel universe in which the war against al Shabaab unites us a country, Muslim and Christian, rich and poor, those who support President Uhuru Kenyatta and those who do not. That is ...
In April 2022, Mogadishu-based evaluator Abdi Ali was assigned to Jowhar, capital of Hirshabelle State, to assess a solar energy company. Though just 90 km from Mogadishu, Ali chose to fly. Like many ...
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Three wily old soldiers who know each other only too well from years at the heart of conflict and power-play across the Horn of Africa are once again pitting their military wits in ...
Ahead of the deployment of a reported 10,000 troops to Somalia, Egypt on 27 August sent two military planes to Mogadishu carrying weapons and ammunition. It followed the African Union’s recent ...