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Al-Shabab, Arabic for "The Youth," is a U.S.-designated terrorist organization based in Somalia. Th…

In fighting that lasted several hours, the militants successfully infiltrated the Manda Bay, Kenya,…

Islamist violence is a rising concern for both policymakers and general populations in Africa and o…

After it took over much of Somalia in 2010 and 2011, the group banned soccer playing on Mogadishu's…

"In one sense it seemed kind of abandoned, the music that plays in a shopping mall, that typical ki…

Arabic-language Twitter account that journalists have used to communicate with the Somali al Qaeda …

When asked of his security situation in the interview, he said, "Definitely we don't have enough [f…

As al Qaeda has declined in influence and operational strength, smaller groups like al Shabaab, Al …

ISIS has been fighting to gain control of the oil-rich Cabo Delgado province, but some have died af…

Al-Shabaab, a Somali-based al-Qaeda affiliate, attacked the airbase with "indirect and small arms f…

The attack, which left at least 7 dead and 25 wounded, has been claimed by the Al Shabab terror gro…

Amnesty conducted more than 150 interviews with "eyewitnesses, relatives, persons displaced by the …

The AUMF was passed shortly after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, authorizing the US milita…

Hammami moved from Alabama to Somalia and joined al-Shabab in about 2006. He fought alongside al-Sh…

Kenya's northern and eastern regions, which are near the Somali border, have suffered many attacks …

Somalia did not go so smoothly. Members of the Navy's elite SEAL Team 6 were repelled in their atte…

The aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing after a bomb left a gaping hole in the side of…

One man, 19-year-old Hamza Ahmed, was stopped at a New York City airport in November as he and thre…

Thomas Hegghammer, director of terrorism research at the Norwegian Defense Research Establishment, …