African Peacekeepers Have Paid A Heavy Price In Somalia

African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) peacekeepers parade before a convoy of armored personnel carrier (APC) ferrying Somalia's Pres...

A Reuter's Reporter's Coverage Of An Al-Shabaab Attack In Magadishu

Are You Al-Shabaab Or Soldiers?” -- Feisal Omar, Reuters At 11:30 on Sunday morning I was sipping a cup of coffee at the Village restaurant ...

Failed Suicide Bomb Attack In The Somali Presidential Palace Compound Raises Security Concerns

Somali soldiers patrol at the front gate of the presidential palace following a suicide bomb attack in Mogadishu, Somalia, January 29, 2013....

Hostage And French Soldiers Killed In Failed Somali Rescue Mission

Denis Allex, from one of two Shabaab propaganda tapes. Long War Journal French Secret Service Hostage And Soldiers Killed In Somali Rescue M...

Is Somalia A Global Model For Peacebuilding?

A Somali National Army soldier stands outside the port city of Kismayo after the jihadist rebels al Shabab rebels retreated on Friday. Reute...

Somali Militants And Their Al Qaeda Allies Flee Their Last Stronghold

Shabaab Fighters Flee Last Port In al-Qaeda Allies' Control -- The Telegraph Senior Islamist commanders and foreign fighters fled the la...

Somalia's New President Escapes An Assassination Bid

Somali President Escapes Assassination Bid -- Al Jazeera At least eight killed in attack on Mogadishu hotel where newly elected leader was m...

Somalia Elects A New President

Somali Election: Hassan Sheikh Elected As President -- BBC Somali MPs meeting in the Mogadishu have elected Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the cou...