Somalia has banned a number of social media applications in light of rapidly spreading indecent content and propaganda, said the nation's communication minister in a statement released late on Sunday.

Somalia bans TikTok, Telegram to curb spread of 'constant horrific images and misinformation'

The Ugandan government said on Saturday (June 3) that 54 Ugandan peacekeepers were killed in an attack on a military base in Somalia last week by the militant group al Shabaab.

Fifty-four Ugandan soldiers killed by al-Shabaab militants in attack on military base in Somalia

The United States military carried out a strike in Somalia and killed at least 30 al-Shabaab fighters, said the US Africa Command in a statement on Saturday (January 21).

US military says strike in Somalia killed at least 30 members of militant group al-Shabaab

Somalia's government said late on Sunday that it had killed Abdullahi Nadir, one of the co-founders of Islamist militant group al Shabaab, in an operation with international partners.

Somalia says it killed al Shabaab co-founder

A car bombing near a school in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu claimed eight lives and left around a dozen injured on Thursday, in the attack claimed by Al Shabaab Islamic terrorists.

8 killed, 17 injured in suicide blast near school in Mogadishu, Al Shabaab claims responsibility

Al Shabaab militants on Tuesday launched a surprise attack on a military base in Somalia and managed to recapture the central town which was earlier lost to the government, local media quoting eyewitnesses said.

Al Shabaab militants attack military base, recapture Somalian town from govt forces

Suspected al Shabaab militants shot dead three teachers in Kenya near the border with Somalia on Monday and burned down a police station, police said, in what appeared to be the latest in a string of assaults by the group since the New Year.

Al Shabaab militants killed three teachers in Kenya: Police