MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The second phase of the African Union troop withdrawal from Somalia has begun, the bloc said Monday. The pullout follows a timeline for the handover of security to the ...

Secretary General of East Africa Community (EAC) Peter Mathuki has announced the imminent admission of Somalia into the regional bloc. It is widely expected that the EAC Ordinary Heads of State Summit ...

The United Nations Security Council on Thursday suspended for a period of three months the pullout of African Union troops from Somalia, where fighting rages with al-Qaida’s affiliate in East Africa.

NPR East Africa Correspondent Gwen Thompkins has an update on the anti-terrorism efforts in East Africa, increasing calls for food and other aid to Ethiopia and Somalia, and reports of more violence ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — African leaders meeting in Uganda on Friday called for more peacekeepers for Somalia to defend against the extremist al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militant group that has been wreaking ...

Somalia is a hidden gem shining like a diamond. The Kenya Center for the Jamaica-based Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Center—Eastern Africa is championing resilience, academic ...

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, March 13 (UNHCR) - Fleeing war-ravaged Somalia for the relative peace and security of South Africa is not paying dividends for the many refugees who find themselves ...

Instability in Yemen and the Horn of Africa is fueling a resurgence in maritime piracy off Somalia, a cause for concern in ...

Feb. 1 (UPI) --Multiple ISIS-Somalia operatives died in coordinated airstrikes carried out Saturday by the U.S. Africa ...

Somalia's hardline Islamist insurgent movement al Shabaab pledged on Monday to stage further attacks against African peacekeepers after the deadliest strike yet killed at least 11 soldiers from ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Many international diplomats are touting an African peacekeeping force as the answer to Somalia's myriad problems and a way to get Ethiopian troops out. But even getting such a ...