MOGADISHU, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Somali Ministry of Defense has confirmed that more than 70 al-Shabab fighters were killed during a four-day joint operation carried out in the strategic town of ...

MOGADISHU, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- The African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) confirmed on Sunday that its troops, backed by Somali government forces, killed more than 50 ...

ADDIS ABABA, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf has called for concerted continental efforts to fully empower and recognize African women for the contin ...