Somali security forces said they killed several Islamic State fighters and seized eight jihadist outposts during ongoing military operations in the semi-autonomous Puntland region.

Somalia has launched a campaign to become a member of the African Union's Peace and Security Council, a 15-member body ...

While observers wonder who is behind IS-designated caliph Abou Hafs al-Hachimi al-Qourachi — the would-be leader of all ...

Shabaab, Boko Haram, Islamic State, and other such groups. Pope Leftist, who accuses Israel of cruelty to Palestinian Arab children in the name o ...

"We know that they send money to Congo, to Mozambique, to South Africa ... where he quickly became a propagandist for the Al-Shabaab group, linked to Al-Qaeda, before announcing his defection ...

The threat from militant Islamist groups in Africa over the past decade has steadily grown—with almost three times the number ...

Sitting down to write my annual assessment on trends in terrorism in early 2025, I am struggling more than usual, fresh off ...

This was quite obviously untrue. The al-Shabaab (“the youth”) insurgents (who owe loyalty to ISIL) have continuously escalated their violence, executing enough civilians to terrify the local ...

Some of this material has been shared on social media, Amnesty says. Mozambique’s defence ministry later claimed such video material was the result of image manipulation by Al-Shabaab in a bid to ...

Mozambique President-elect Daniel Chapo will be sworn into office Wednesday after weeks of deadly political unrest but the main opposition leader has vowed to "paralyse" the country with fresh ...

“At the request of (the) Government of Somalia, US Africa Command conducted a collective self-defense airstrike against al-Shabaab on Dec. 31, 2024,” it said. In addition to the ...

Islamic State militants have rampaged across the northern Cabo Delgado Province for more than seven years. The government ...