MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Somalia's defense ministry said officials were investigating an explosion at a military training school ...

Fighting was ongoing between Somalia's armed forces and the Al-Shabaab Islamist group over a strategic town in the country's ...

Marriage binds the fighter to that community, rendering the ‘foreign’ distinction somewhat irrelevant. Algerian Mokhtar Belmokhtar of the Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (Group for the Support of ...

In July 1977, Somalia launched a war against Ethiopia with the objective of taking control of the Ogaden region. With superior ground forces, they made big advances. But Ethiopians had one strong ...

The people of the Somali region have borne the bruises of conflict for generations. From the scorched plains of the Ogaden to the quiet resilience of displaced communities, they have seen the ...

At the age of 12, I was arrested by government troops and imprisoned along with my whole family.” Ogaden, or the Somali region, is a remote area of Ethiopia – little known by much of the world.

The Ogaden National Liberation Front has said it’s rethinking its 2018 peace deal with the government. We hear from a former female fighter. Show more “Growing up in Ogaden, I was surrounded ...

Guns are silent, but war lingers for Ogaden’s former women rebel fighters Ex-rebels from Ethiopia’s Somali region have had a rocky transition to civilian life, even years after the 2018 peace ...

The Ogaden or, as it is officially known in Ethiopia, the Somali region, shares a 1,600km (990-mile) border with Somalia. People on both sides share ethnic, cultural, linguistic and religious ties.