We urge our fellow Council members to support additional designations, including those of Al-Shabaab operatives. In addition to those operational significance, these designations demonstrate the ...

Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch for East Africa, has mounted considerable attacks over the last few weeks in Somalia’s Middle ...

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 04 (APP): The UN Security Council Tuesday renewed its sanctions against al-Shabaab terror group in Somalia until 13 December 2025, with Pakistan voicing concern over the presence ...

The Security Council today extended its authorization for Member States to intercept vessels transporting banned items to and ...

Explanation of vote by Ambassador Barbara Woodward, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, following the vote on the UN ...

Al-Shabaab was formed in Somalia in 2004. By 2010, the group had established control over vast territories, but it had to withdraw from Mogadishu in the summer of 2011 and launch a guerilla war ...

Somali government forces, backed by local clan militias known as Macwiisley, repelled an attack by Al-Shabaab militants in the Boos-Hareeri area of the Aadan-Yabaal district, Middle Shabelle region, ...

A new African Union (AU) peace support mission in Somalia started work on 1 January. This is the third consecutive mission in ...

KISMAYO, Somalia - Authorities in Mogadishu are running the government like a private firm, Jubaland leader Ahmed Islam ...

The World Anti-Terrorism Organization (WATO TRUST), under the leadership of Dr. Yogita Karache and its Director of ...

To enforce the arms embargo on Somalia, the Security Council decided today to reauthorize maritime interdiction of illicit ...

At the request of the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted airstrikes on March 1, 2025, targeting al Shabaab militants near Ceel Baraf, in Somalia's Middle Shabelle ...