African Union

Shabaab overruns Ugandan base in Somalia

Caleb Weiss | May 27, 2023

The massive raid comes as Shabaab is facing its biggest challenge to its rule and territory in over a decade.

Shabaab continues to lose ground in central Somalia

Caleb Weiss | September 27, 2022

Shabaab faces one of the largest counter-offensives against it in recent years. However, to be successful, Somalia must also work to effectively hold liberated areas and not just conduct clearing operations.

Shabaab says it killed scores of Burundian troops in Somalia

Caleb Weiss & Andrew Tobin | May 3, 2022

Shabaab claims it killed 173 Burundian troops in a large-scale assault on a military base in southern Somalia. Neither the African Union nor Burundi has commented on Shabaab’s casualty numbers.

Shabaab attacks focus on Somali military, African Union forces

Bill Roggio and Caleb Weiss | September 3, 2018

Shabaab has managed to launch 418 attacks of different types during the six-month timeframe in support of its persistent and ongoing insurgency against Somalia’s weak central government and allied African Union forces.

JNIM claims suicide bombing on French troops in Gao

Caleb Weiss | July 2, 2018

The jihadist group claims the bombing, and last week’s bombing at the G5 Sahel base in central Mali, were messages to warn France and its allies about the “costs” of being in Mali.

Shabaab targets Somali, African Union troops in southern Somalia

Caleb Weiss | March 4, 2018

Shabaab has claimed a number of attacks in recent days across southern Somalia, including briefly recapturing the strategic town of Balad just north of Mogadishu.

Shabaab regains ground in southern Somalia

Bill Roggio and Caleb Weiss | February 5, 2016

Over the past two weeks, African Union forces withdrew from the southern Somali towns of Marka, El Ade, and Badhadhe. Al Qaeda’s branch in Somalia quickly reoccupied the towns.

Lisa Lundquist | August 26, 2014

Seleka rebel infighting in Central African Republic kills 17