The town, located in Somalia’s autonomous northeastern region of Puntland, was one of numerous areas that soldiers from the regional government have taken back during Operation Hilaac, an ongoing ...

The Islamic State group’s rise in Somalia Islamist groups have been part of Somalia’s fractured political landscape since the country’s descent into civil war in the 1980s. Advertisement ...

Al-Shabab and later the Islamic State in Somalia are the most extreme manifestations of this trend. Islamic State in Somalia emerged in 2015 when a small group of al-Shabab members led by ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ido Levy, American University (THE CONVERSATION) On Feb. 24, 2025, members of the ...