Somalia’s government has announced significant progress in its fight against the Al-Qaida-linked Al-Shabaab militant group, reclaiming territory that had been under insurgent control for nearly two decades. Liberated Areas State Minister for Defense Omar Ali Abdi confirmed that several strategic locations in Lower Shabelle have been retaken, including Jilib Marka,…
Lamu County, Kenya – The United States has unveiled a $70-million runway expansion project at the Manda Bay airbase, a strategic military site near the Somalia border, aimed at strengthening counter-terrorism operations in the Horn of Africa. The base, operated by the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) and used by U.S.…
A Somali migrant who was deported from the United States and publicly branded an “illegal scumbag” by the White House for allegedly assisting in the 2009 kidnapping of two French intelligence officers may have been wrongly accused, according to testimonies from Somali and French security sources. Mahad Maxamud, a prominent…
Five chiefs from Elwak, Mandera South — who endured 62 harrowing days in captivity after being abducted by suspected Al-Shabaab militants — have shared their ordeal and appealed for urgent support as they rebuild their lives. Speaking at the Jukwaa la Usalama Security Baraza in Elwak town, the administrators —…