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

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

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Burundi has withdrawn from the new African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) due to a lack of consensus with Somalia over troop allocation.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 United Nations has given the green light for a new African peacekeeping mission to tackle the al-Qaida-linked group ...

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

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 ...

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.

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

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.

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 ...

The United Nations Security Council authorized the AUSSOM mission, set to replace the current African Union anti-terrorism effort in Somalia by 2025. Financial concerns from top funders, like the EU ...