The Battle of Mogadishu on Oct. 3-4, ... They had no grenade launchers, and due to the civilian-packed urban terrain, fire support was limited to close-air support from helicopters.

Today marks the 20 th anniversary of The Battle of Mogadishu, the American operation in Somalia later immortalized by Mark Bowden’s seminal non-fiction book “Black Hawk Down” and dramatized in Ridley ...

Somalia’s capital Mogadishu now has its first-ever ATM bank machine – and it dispenses U.S. dollars. The machine was installed in late September in the upscale Jazeera Palace Hotel, which is ...

On Oct. 3, Soldiers from across Fort Benning came together to mark the 21st anniversary of the Battle of Mogadishu with a Maneuver Center of Excellence leader professional development event.

He himself, he says, used to live in an eight-room villa on the seaside southwest of Mogadishu, drove two new all-terrain vehicles, had three slaves and 12 security guards.

With this favourable terrain tilting in favour of UPDF, the al Shabaab have abandoned the frontline and have resumed ambushes, sniper attacks, roadside bombs and assassinations. “They have ...

Al-Shabaab is rapidly closing in on Mogadishu, threatening commercial and military shipping in the Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea, and the U.S. must address its enablers, including Iran, to maintain … ...

MOGADISHU, May 10 (Reuters) - At least seven people have been killed in two districts of Mogadishu after a flood triggered by severe rainfall swept through the east African nation on Friday night ...

At least one person was killed and 10 people were injured in a car bomb that exploded Saturday morning near the Somalian presidential palace in Mogadishu, police and hospital officials said.

MOGADISHU, Somalia — For the first time in three years, al-Shabab militants no longer rule Mogadishu. But the African Union troops stationed in the city are still nervous. On a desolate stretch ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The United Nations says "famine is at the door" in Somalia with "concrete indications" famine will occur later this year in the southern Bay region.

Escape To Mogadishu is no subtle survey of Somali politics or the tragedy of that time, yet it’s still a serious illustration of how lingering national enmity can be addressed in a country that ...