MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Al Shabaab on Friday said its Christian enemies had closed its Twitter account, which the Somali militant group used to parade hostages, mock rivals and claim responsibility for bombings and assassinations. The group's offi... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Senior al Shabaab officer Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys leads faithful in prayers on the first day of Eid al-Adha in Somalia's capital Mogadishu November 6, 2011. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the Hajj ... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Members of al Shabaab, al Qaeda-linked insurgents, ride in their pick-up trucks after distributing relief to famine-stricken internally displaced people at Ala Yaasir camp at Km50 out of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, September 3, 2011.... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Members of the al Qaeda-linked insurgents al Shabaab distribute relief to famine-stricken internally displaced people at Ala Yaasir camp at Km50 out of Somalia's capital Mogadishu September 3, 2011. More than 800,000 Somalis are refug... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Al-Shabaab spokesman Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage addresses a news conference in Somalia's capital Mogadishu May 7, 2011. Somalia's al Qaeda-linked rebels vowed on Saturday to avenge the killing of Osama bin Laden and said his death wo... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Elderly Somali men parade as members of al Shabaab in the capital Mogadishu, March 5, 2011, as they prepare to fight government forces. The African Union's peacekeeping force in Somalia (AMISOM) captured a key position from al Shabaab... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - New recruits belonging to Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked al Shabaab rebel group march during a passing out parade at a military training base in Afgoye, west of the capital Mogadishu February 17, 2011. REUTERS/Omar Faruk (SOMALIA - Tags: C... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - An Islamist al Shabaab soldier carries his gun at a meeting between them and rebel group Hizbul Islam in southern Mogadishu, January 1, 2011, where the two groups officially merged. Al Shabaab, which means "the youth" in Arabic,... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - A member of the Somalia hardline Al Shabaab Islamist rebel group looks at the body of what it says is a Ugandan peacekeeper from the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) killed last night during clashes near the AMISOM base in Somali... [Full Article]