The African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) strongly refutes media reports alleging heavy casualties among its soldiers in Bariire town, located southwest of the capital, ...

Although AUSSOM has more than 10,000 boots on the ground in Somalia, Al-Shabaab has in recent months racked up a spate of ...

The African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) has denied reports that its soldiers suffered heavy ...

Somali government forces, backed by troops from the AU forces, launched large-scale military operations on Sunday targeting Al-Shabaab strongholds in and around Bariire, a strategic town in the ...

The driver came from Bariire, a small town around 30 miles west of Mogadishu. Both vehicles used in Saturday’s attack set out from the Bariire. 1018_Somalia_bomb_revenge ...

Bariire becomes the seventh FOB to be handed over to the Federal Government of Somalia in the recent past with the others being Xaaji Cali, Mirtiquo, Cadale, Albao, Gherille, and Al Jazeera 1 as ...

MOGADISHU (Reuters) -At least 10 people were killed on Saturday when a suicide bomber struck makeshift kiosks in the Somali capital, hitting hours after al Shabaab Islamist militants attacked two ...

After a thorough assessment of the Somali National Army-led operation near Bariire, Somalia, on Aug. 25, 2017 and the associated allegations of civilian casualties, U.S. Special Operations Command ...

Bariire has been a key target for Somali and AU troops. Militants have used the city as a military base from which to organize attacks they carry out in Mogadishu, and to run courts in which they ...

The Bariire operation is likely to provoke questions in Washington about the growing U.S. footprint in the Horn of Africa nation, which has been torn apart by civil war since 1991.

MOGADISHU, May 3 (Xinhua) -- The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Friday said the successful capture of strategic town of Bariire from al-Shabab earlier this week is crucial for stability ...