Al-Shabaab | Horn Affairs

Kenyan Air Force shells the port town Kismayo, southern Somalia

The Al Shabaab controlled port city of Kismayo, was shelled by helicopters on Thursday, as Kenyan troops backed by Somali…

Saturday, June 9, 2012 @ 11:57 pm

A Kenyan court on Wednesday charged a Swiss man with being a member of Somalia’s Al-Qaeda allied Shabaab, the latest…

Friday, June 8, 2012 @ 1:59 am

Senior Al Shabaab leaders in Jubba region begun to flee from Kismayo town after the government forces with the backing…

Wednesday, June 6, 2012 @ 10:52 pm

The Kenyan troops in Somalia officially joined AMISOM on Saturday. AU’s Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ambassador, Ramtane Lamamra, and…

Wednesday, June 6, 2012 @ 12:03 am

President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda arrived in Asmara for a three day official visit on Tuesday this week, following an…

Sunday, June 3, 2012 @ 11:49 pm

Ethiopia on Thursday said it was yet to reach a decision on sending troops to Kismayo, Somalia a stronghold of…

Sunday, June 3, 2012 @ 11:48 pm

The two day Istanbul Conference on Somalia, “Preparing for Somalia’s Future: Goals for 2015”, opened on Thursday. The meeting is…

Sunday, June 3, 2012 @ 11:46 pm

* A former commander of the Somali al-Qaeda-linked organisation al-Shabaab says dormant cells in the Netherlands are secretly preparing terrorist…

Saturday, June 2, 2012 @ 12:15 am

The UN’s Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) in Somalia has said that Somalia’s most recent main rainy season…

Friday, June 1, 2012 @ 11:47 pm

* Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed Sharif narrowly escaped death Tuesday when a convoy in which he was travelling was…

Friday, June 1, 2012 @ 11:41 pm