UK Foreign Secretary slams Al-Shabab raid in Somalia
The Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has condemned the recent terrorist attacks in Somalia, in which Kenyan military personnel were killed.
I strongly condemn the recent...
ISIL militants kidnap Four men in north-east Somalia
Pro-Islamic state fighters are reported to have abducted four men after attack on a passenger bus near the seaside town of Qandala in Bari...
Somalia to move to a new phase in sustaining peace – UN envoy
Briefing the Security Council on the situation in Somalia, the United Nations envoy for the country noted today that the recently concluded election was...
Doctors Without Borders says it plans to return to Somalia
Doctors Without Borders said Friday it plans to return to Somalia, more than three years after closing its operations in the turbulent country amid...
AU calls for deployment of additional 4,000 troops in Somalia
The Military Operations Coordination Committee (MOCC) for the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in its 22nd meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia called...
6.5 million children at risk of hunger in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya
An estimated six and half million children could be at risk of starvation in the Horn of Africa as a result of back-to-back droughts...
UN: Presidential Election Must be Free of Fraud
The U.N. envoy to Somalia is warning against corruption, as the country’s electoral body begins to register candidates for the February 8 presidential election.
Speaking...
UPDATE: BREAKING: Al-Shabaab launches major attack on a KDF base in Kulbiyow, seizing the...
Al Shabaab militants have launched a major attack against a KDF military installation in Kulbiyow town in Lower Jubba, according to witnesses and local...
Elders set to intervene in Galmudug political crises
Elders hailing from Galmudug state have held a meeting in Mogadishu on Thursday to discuss the standoff between Galmudug parliament and president Abdikarim Hussein...
Hormuud Telecom donates $600,000 to famine victims
Hormuud Telecom announced Thursday it has donated hundreds of thousands of US dollar to the drought-affected families in the famine stricken provinces in Somalia.
The humanitarian...
Banadir administration hosts welcoming event for presidential hopeful Farole
Banadir regional administration hosted a welcoming event for the presidential candidate and Senator Abdirahman Mohamed Farole in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Wednesday,...
Somalia starts registration of presidential candidates
The electoral body of Somalia has started Thursday enrollment of the presidential candidates who want to vie for the president in the forthcoming election...
Somalia: One killed, 8 hurt in SNA bombardment
A woman died, and eight civilians wounded in an indiscriminate shelling on a residential area near Bulo-Marer district in Lower Shabelle region by Somali...
Turkey strongly condemns terror attack in Mogadishu
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned a deadly terror attack in Somalia that killed at least 14 people on Jan. 25, according to...
Somali rape law gets first test
A gang rape video recorded in central Somalia could serve as a powerful test case for Puntland state's new sexual violence statute, and potentially...
AU Should Release Investigation into 14 Civilian Deaths, In Wardiinle, Bay Region
African Union forces in Somalia (AMISOM) should release the findings of their investigation into alleged unlawful killings of 14 civilians by Ethiopian forces in...
90 Somalis deported from the US
More than 90 Somali nationals and two Kenyans on Wednesday arrived at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport after being deported from the United States.
The deportees,...
1,000 Somali Shillings: How mosques hold Somalia together
Back when I lived in Seattle, I really only had a working understanding of what it meant to be Muslim. I’ve prayed in Seattle...
Somalia sets presidential election for Feb. 8
Somalia will hold its presidential election on February 8, its electoral commission said Wednesday, after months of delays in a tortuous process for the...
Abudwak sees rise in clan revenge killings
A Somali official says a clan revenge killings are on the rise in the central town of Abudwak and its surrounding rural villages over...