Mogadishu - Somali militants linked to al Qaeda warned Kenya on Wednesday it faced a “long, gruesome” war, five days before Kenyans vote for a new president and legislature. The al Shabaab rebel group ...

The carcass of a camel that died from hunger lies in an open field in Usgure, Puntland, Somalia - Jack Denton/AP At one point ...

About 6.5 Million People in Somalia Face Acute Hunger Due to Drought, Government and UN Say MOGADISHU, Feb 24 (Reuters) - About 6.5 million people in Somalia ⁠face ⁠acute hunger due to drought, ⁠the ...

Somali government troops opened fire Friday on hungry civilians, killing at least seven people, as both groups made a grab for food at a United Nations distribution site in the capital of the ...

Gunmen opened fire on guests inside Nasa-Hablod Hotel in Mogadishu, following the detonation of an explosives-laden vehicle ...

At least 32 people have been killed and dozens injured in a suicide attack at a beach restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday, state media SONNA reported Saturday. Six members of the ...

When Puntland President Said Abdullah Deni announced last week that he no longer recognizes Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud as ...

Somalia's Interior Security Minister, Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail, has launched a 10-day training programme in Mogadishu for trainers of the Somali Police Force.The programme, held at the General Kaahiye ...

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 20 (UNHCR) - Despite a lull in fighting in Mogadishu, the number of people fleeing the Somali capital in the last 12 days has risen to 45,000. Intense fighting between government ...

NAIROBI, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Three self-governing regions in Somalia that have close relations with the United Arab Emirates have dismissed a decision this week by the central government to sever ties ...

On the evening of April 26, the Egyptian merchant vessel Sward was hijacked by armed men a few miles off the Somali coast. It was steered towards an anchorage near the port of Garacad in Puntland, a ...