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 ...

At least 30 members of the Somali regional police force and 53 civilians have been killed by an armed group that crossed into Ethiopian territory, Harshin Woreda, from Somaliland over the past week.

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

Ethiopia has been a key contributor to previous African Union missions aimed at stabilizing Somalia against insurgent groups ...

The UN Security Council has endorsed the AU's decision to replace its mission in Somalia, ATMIS, with a new force called ...

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MOGADISHU, Somalia – Burundi has withdrawn from the new African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Burundi has withdrawn from the new African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) due to a lack of consensus with Somalia over troop allocation.

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