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.

Kenya: Swiss citizen on trial for alleged Al-Shabaab membership

A Kenyan court on Wednesday charged a Swiss man with being a member of Somalia’s.

Somalia: Al Shabaab officials begin to flee from Kismayo | Radio RBC

Senior Al Shabaab leaders in Jubba region begun to flee from Kismayo town after the.

Somalia: Kenyan troops officially joined AMISOM [Press release]

The Kenyan troops in Somalia officially joined AMISOM on Saturday. AU’s Commissioner for Peace and.

Uganda’s President visits Eritrea

President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda arrived in Asmara for a three day official visit on.

Somalia: Ethiopia undecided on sending troops to Kismayo

Ethiopia on Thursday said it was yet to reach a decision on sending troops to.

The Istanbul II Conference on Somalia

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

Al-Shabaab plotting attack in Netherlands | Radio Netherlands

* A former commander of the Somali al-Qaeda-linked organisation al-Shabaab says dormant cells in the.

Below average rain in Somalia, but famine unlikely

The UN’s Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) in Somalia has said that Somalia’s.

Al-Shabaab militants ambush Somali President’s convoy

* Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed Sharif narrowly escaped death Tuesday when a convoy in.