For Egypt, Nile water security is an existential issue, while Ethiopia views the GERD as a symbol of development, sovereignty, and regional influence. Against this backdrop, Somaliland’s pursuit of ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - For the better part of Wednesday, heavy fighting was reported in Masaajid Cali Gaduud town after the Al-Shabaab attack, with the ambush coming at the time President Hassan Sheikh ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The Force Commander of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Lt. Gen. Tigabu Yilma on Wednesday visited troops on the frontline in Dhobley town near the Somali-Kenyan ...

The decision by Kenya to join African Union Mission in Somalia is an opportunity for the frontline states to harmonise their disparate interests in Somalia. Since the collapse of the Siad Barre ...

The African Union’s mission in Somalia is confronting a new reality. What began as an emergency effort proposed by troop-contributing countries last year to plug security gaps left by force drawdowns ...

The helicopter pilot was worried. Any more than 20 minutes in this shattered frontline village and Somalia's Al-Shabaab militants could start lobbing mortars at their position.

* Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. In Dollow, a small town in Somalia on the Ethiopian border, weapons are traditionally a standard ...

Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has survived six assassination attempts by the al-Shabaab terrorist group since he was first elected in 2012, with the latest of which took place in Mogadishu ...