SOMALIA

The Pentagon said the U.S. targeted the leader of the al Shabaab militant group in Somalia this week.

The drone strike reportedly hit a vehicle in Somalia with Adan Garar on board.

Researchers found that 28 countries were worse off than Sierra Leone in terms of adequate health systems.

Mohammed Emwazi has been linked to a group that attended a training camp with four men convicted of trying to bomb the London Underground.

His family said he eventually told them he was helping Syrian refugees in Turkey.

The London Metropolitan Police refused to confirm Jihadi John’s identity, and urged the media not to speculate on the subject.

If confirmed, Katherine Simonds Dhanani would lead the U.S. mission to Somalia, which is based at the U.S. embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.

Security experts have warned that U.S. malls could be vulnerable after the Somali al-Shabab threatened Minnesota's Mall of America.

Al-Shabab celebrates 2013 Kenyan mall siege with call for copycat attacks in the U.S., Canada and Britain.

The deadly assault also reportedly left Somalia’s deputy prime minister wounded.

According to the latest Press Freedom Index, the U.S. also witnessed attempts to control journalists amid an ongoing "war on information."

KickAss Torrents took shelter within a Somali domain registry before running into trouble -- again.

Abdulahi Qayad Barre's death marks the first killing of an MP this year, with five being assassinated in 2014.

The bloc will need to balance its stance against the leader with considerations for his role at the head of an increasingly important regional organization.

The Jan. 31 Hellfire missile strike south of the capital Mogadishu targeted Yusef Dheeq, the group's chief of external operations and planning for intelligence and security.

Kenji Goto, 47, who had worked as a journalist in several war zones, had gone to Syria in October to secure the release of Haruna Yukawa.

Liban Haji Mohamed has been accused of providing “material support and resources” to al Shabab, an al Qaeda-linked militant group in Somalia.

If confirmed, this would be the first U.S. drone strike in Yemen since its president stepped down last week.

Ahmed Sahnouni's French citizenship had been revoked in 2013 for being allegedly involved in terrorist activities.

Countries such as Kenya are among the most dangerous places to be Christian, according to the World Watch List.

A small aircraft crash lands at Nairobi's international airport.