Somalia

The jihadist group, which has been waging war against the Western-backed government in Mogadishu, Somalia, for more than a decade, is enforcing a crackdown on plastic waste.

The raid targeted al-Shabab leaders but reportedly left five civilians dead.

She was buried up to her neck and hit with stones.

A suicide bomber killed up to 15 in the Somali town of Wanlaweyn, located near the Baledogle Airfield.

Weapons are being looted in Africa because of a diplomatic conflict in the Gulf region.

Around 535 million children—a quarter of the world’s child population—live in fragile states, affected by natural disasters, epidemics and other emergencies. 

Militants say the fierce clashes are still raging.

Transparency International has just published its latest Corruption Perceptions Index, which ranks countries according to their perceived levels of public sector corruption.

U.S. Special Forces and Somali troops killed five people, some of whom were children, during raid last week on a school run by the terrorist militia Al-Shabab.

The State Department has classified these 11 nations as "Do not travel."

The Trump administration said this week that it's too dangerous for Americans to travel to El Salvador — even as it announced plans to deport more than a quarter-of-a-million Salvadoran refugees back there next year.

From Washington to Moscow, ISIS’s debut video from Somalia threatened to target crowded places hosting New Year’s parties.

There have been twice as many strikes in Somalia and three times as many in Yemen, report shows.

One of the men on the plane and an attorney for two others say ICE deprived the immigrants of adequate food and water and access to a bathroom during their two-day detention on board.

Trump lamented "the mess" he inherited in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and beyond, but promised "to get it all done."

More than 500 American troops are now stationed in the east African country.

With double the number of airstrikes of 2016 and 400 U.S. soldiers on the ground, Washington’s role in Mogadishu is expanding.

The airstrikes were conducted in northeastern Somalia.

The attack proved once again that insurgents can carry out deadly assaults in the heart of the Somali capital.

Reports predict that U.S. military involvement in the country may intensify as a result of Saturday’s attack, putting more lives at risk, because Donald Trump has already loosened restrictions on U.S. commanders.

Hashtags like #PrayForSomalia and #IAmMogadishu, referring to the terrorist attack that killed 300, failed to trend on social media.

The driver of the truck reportedly came from a town outside Mogadishu, where a U.S.-led raid mistakenly killed 10 civilians in August.

The U.S. sent a military plane with supplies less than three days after the deadliest attack in the African country’s history, but many Americans believe the country should help its citizens more, including Puerto Rico.

Washington has been fighting Al-Shabab for a decade in Somalia, but there’s no end in sight.

The bombing, blamed on Al-Shabab, was the worst in Somalia’s history, killing over 300 people.

Saturday's attack occurred just two days after the head of the United States Africa Command was in Mogadishu to visit Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed.

Washington has been targeting the Al-Qaeda affiliate with airstrikes since at least 2007.

The Kenyan county of Lamu remains under a state of emergency because of the jihadist attacks.

Mohamed Garfanje, the leader of the Hobyo-Haradhere Piracy Network, is a mastermind of kidnap and ransom.

Set to open next month in Somalia, this is the second Turkish overseas military installation, after a base in Qatar.