Somalia plans its first direct elections by 2026, but faces resistance from opposition ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s defense ministry said officials were investigating an explosion at a military training school in the capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, an incident claimed by the ...

A former member of Al-Shabab has surrendered to the Somali National Army, citing disillusionment with the group rsquo;s ...

ALBAWABA- The Somali Ministry of Defense has announced the killing of 19 al-Shabaab militants during a joint counterterrorism ...

Defense Ministry says over 50 al-Shabaab terrorists killed in last 5 days of operations, which also claimed 2 soldiers' lives ...

Somali National Army (SNA) forces, in collaboration with local Macawisley militia fighters, killed two senior Al-Shabaab ...

The officer, 71-year-old Yusuf Abdi Ali – also known as "Tukeh" – was removed from the U.S. by ICE officials on Dec. 20. He was a lieutenant colonel in the Somali National Army and commander ...

Baidoa, South West State - The Somali National Army (SNA) scored a significant victory against Al-Shabaab early Sunday morning after repelling a surprise militant assault near Baidoa, officials ...

Al-Shabab frequently targets military installations as part of its insurgency aiming to topple the Somali government and ...

On December 12, The Somali National Army (SNA) of the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) in Mogadishu was routed from the southern Somali town of Ras Kamboni by the regional forces of Jubaland, a ...

That article described him as an "esteemed senior officer in the Somali National Army," and noted that Nur led a regiment during the 1977-78 Somali-Ethiopian War, and that his military career ...

Odawa Yusuf Rage, former commander of Somalia’s national army, has been nominated to return to that position in an extraordinary meeting convened by cabinet ministers in Mogadishu.