MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) and the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) will contribute the highest number of troops to the African Union Support and ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — President Yoweri Museveni announced that Uganda will host a summit on April 25 to discuss the ongoing AUSSOM operation in Somalia, which began in January 2025. Leaders from countries ...

The Islamic State terror group's small but influential affiliate in Somalia is growing, thanks in part to what the United Nations describes as an "influx of foreign ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Al Shabaab fighters perform a military drill in Somalia. [AFP] The Islamic State terror ...

has honoured 160 Ugandan police officers for their outstanding contribution to Somalia’s peace and security. The officers, from the 12th contingent of the Uganda Formed Police Unit (UFPU-12), received ...

Before the establishment of the Islamic State in Somalia in 2015 ... By late February, the morale of the Islamic State fighters seemed to break. With the fall of Buur Dexhtaal, the main base ...

A US airstrike in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia has targeted ISIS militants ... "Preliminary evaluations indicate multiple ISIS fighters were neutralized with no civilian ...

ISIL remains much smaller in number compared to the al-Qaeda-linked group, Al-Shabaab, which controls large parts of Somalia. The group's fighters are estimated to be 1,500, mostly scattered in ...

Bam, praising the Government of Uganda for commitment to regional peace and stability. The UFPU-12 contingent, deployed to Somalia in April 2024 under the African Union Transition Mission in ...