Ethiopia has been fighting Al-Shabaab in Somalia since the first AU-led mission (AMISOM) began in 2007. AMISOM was ...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Saturday that he is “closely” following the agreement reached between Ethiopia ...

The United Nations has given the green light for a new African peacekeeping mission to tackle the al-Qaida-linked group ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Ethiopia has expressed opposition to Somalia’s decision to exclude it from contributing troops to the ...

In a surprise announcement on December 11th Ethiopia and Somalia appeared to make up. After negotiations in Ankara, brokered ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Burundi has withdrawn from the new African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) due to a lack of consensus with Somalia over troop allocation.

The UN Security Council on Friday gave the green light to a new African Union force in Somalia that is meant to take on the Islamist armed group Al-Shabaab, with the soldiers due to deploy in January.

The United Nations Security Council authorized an African Union stabilisation and support mission in Somalia - known as AUSSOM - on Friday that will replace a larger AU anti-terrorism operation from ...

Ethiopia and Somalia held talks on Tuesday and tried to move past a deadly border region clash the day before and keep a fragile detente on track.

Somalia's State Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ali Omar, emphasized the continued collaborative ...

A private phone call from the US secretary of state may have convinced Abiy Ahmed to go to Ankara and sign a breakthrough ...

Ethiopia gained a 20km coastal lease and potential access to the Red Sea, along with prospects for a military base. In ...