Somalia says it is tightening security across Mogadishu as al-Shabab warns of new attacks.

Gunmen in Somalia have opened fire on a team of roadside workers, killing eight and wounding several others.

Somalia's al-Shabab militants shoot dead the Maltese manager of a UAE-owned port company, while detonating a deadly car bomb in Mogadishu.

The US military claims to have killed 52 members of al-Shabab militant group in southern Somalia.

Fresh gunfire and an explosion were still being heard at a hotel compound in Kenya’s Nairobi a day after Somali-based al-Shabab militants attacked the building, but the standoff was later declared over.

An explosion and gunfire have rocked the Kenyan capital.

Somalia’s UN-backed government has expelled the top United Nations (UN) envoy to the war-ravaged country, accusing him of meddling in its internal affairs.

A member of the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab militant group convicted of having masterminded serial car bomb attacks in Mogadishu has been executed.

Two car bomb attacks, claimed by al-Shabab militants, have rocked the Somali capital Mogadishu, killing at least 13 people and wounding many others.

A commentator says US airstrikes in Somalia are unlawful and Washington has no policy other than killing people.