The United Nations has given the green light for a new African peacekeeping mission to tackle the al-Qaida-linked group ...

Somalia, situated on the east coast of Africa, has spent much of the past three decades grappling with internal strife ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - In a coordinated effort with the Federal Government of Somalia, the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) said ...

The UN Security Council on Friday gave the green light to a new African Union force in Somalia that is meant to take on the ...

Ethiopia has been fighting Al-Shabaab in Somalia since the first AU-led mission (AMISOM) began in 2007. AMISOM was ...

In a resolution was adopted by 14 votes in favor, with one abstention (the United States) and no votes against, the council ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Burundi has withdrawn from the new African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Ethiopia has expressed opposition to Somalia’s decision to exclude it from contributing troops to the ...

The United Nations Security Council approved a new African Union force in Somalia on Friday to combat the Islamist militant group al-Shabab, with ...