The United Nations Security Council on Thursday suspended for a period of three months the pullout of African Union troops from Somalia, where fighting rages with al-Qaida’s affiliate in East Africa.

When member nations of the African Union meet this weekend, representatives hope to find a way to stabilize Somalia, where a weak government has beaten back Islamist forces with the help of Ethiopian ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Five Ugandan soldiers were killed when a military helicopter serving the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia crashed Wednesday at an airport in the capital, ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Five Ugandan soldiers were killed when a military helicopter serving the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia crashed Wednesday at an airport in the capital, Mogadishu, ...

FILE - African Union peacekeepers from Uganda provide security as Somali lawmakers arrive to cast their vote in the presidential election, at the Halane military camp in Mogadishu, Somalia Sunday, May ...

* Guinea, Djibouti, E.African bloc to provide new troops * African Union mulls proposal to change AMISOM's mandate (Updates, edits throughout) By Barry Malone KAMPALA, July 27 (Reuters) - The African ...

Ethiopia and Somalia buried their year-long hatchet caused by Addis Ababa's quest for sea access from Somaliland. The African Union has called the restoration of full ties between the two countries an ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A team of suicide bombers and gunmen disguised as soldiers assaulted an African Union base in the Somali capital on Saturday, sparking a two-hour gunfight that left at least 10 ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — African leaders meeting in Uganda on Friday called for more peacekeepers for Somalia to defend against the extremist al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militant group that has been wreaking ...