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Following the attack on the United States of America, counterterrorism against al-Shabaab attracted the attention of great powers and countries in the Horn of Africa. The threat of al-Shabaab in the region continued to be critical as counterterrorism is persistently commenced in cooperation with powerful states such as the United States of America and regional and international organizations. Despite counterterrorism operations in the region, the intensity of threat from alShabaab increased, and its tactics are changing over time. A qualitative research approach was employed to explore the Ethio-US counterterrorism partnership to fight al-Shabaab in the Horn of Africa. Purposive sampling was used to select eight informants from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, the African Union, US Embassy in Ethiopia, the Kenyan Embassy in Ethiopia, and the Director of IGAD at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia. The primary data were collected through an in-depth interview with these informants. The finding reveals that the Ethio-US partnership along with others maintained multilateral and bilateral cooperation against al-Shabaab. The collective counterterrorism has driven al-Shabaab from the center and many districts have been liberated in Somalia. However, the