US President Donald Trump wants to be seen as both reluctant to start a war but also, amid the nove…

Resolution 2093 allows for a one year suspension of the embargo when small arms will be allowed. Th…

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

Qat-chewing is big (and generally legal) business in much of the region, and the role of Somalis in…

In 2011, Somali piracy in the busy shipping lanes of the Gulf of Aden and the north-western Indian …

In a statement, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said of the raid, "While the operation did n…

Immediately following the attack, security personnel speculated if Samantha Lewthewaite was involve…

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

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

Desert locusts are the most destructive of all locust species - known for their speedy growth and e…

Al Shabaab wants to impose its strict version of sharia, or Islamic law, across Somalia. However, i…

With the list of drone-capable countries growing, both in terms of domestic and also foreign milita…

That may have resulted in some problems, according to Jamal Osman, a Somali-born journalist at the …

Of one thing, rest assured: Bad things will happen afterward. Afghans whom Americans are sympatheti…

The United States military is currently engaged in a clandestine war in the African nation of Somal…

For a small illustration of the implications of this particular elision of history we need look no …

Elsewhere, there are several countries in Africa, Latin America, South America, and the Middle East…

On Washington's battlefields across the Greater Middle East and northern Africa, air power is alway…