somalia
New Somali Army Chief Escapes Deadly Car Bombing
Somalia's new army chief escaped a car bombing Sunday that killed at least five people in a bloody response by Shabaab...
Five Suspected Al Shabaab Militants Executed In Somalia For Killing Officials
The court said the accused were members of the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militant group Somalia’s semi-autonomous...
Death Toll In Somali Military Base Bomb Attack Rises To At Least 15
At least 15 people were killed when a car bomb exploded outside a military base in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on...
Somaliland Court Jails Journalist Two Years For
National Union of Somali Journalists said the ruling was a threat to independent media A court in Somalia’s breakaway...
New Army Chief Survives Deadly Mogadishu Bomb Blast
Somalia's new military boss has survived a suspected suicide car bomb attack that has killed at least 15 people,...
Hijacked Ship’s Crew Rescued From Pirates Near Somalia
Nineteen crew members have been freed from a ship captured by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden. Maritime officials...
Three Dead In Mogadishu Mortar Attack
At least three people have been killed and several others wounded in mortar attacks in Somalia's capital a day after...
Al-Shabab Dismisses Somali President War Declaration
Al-Shabab says President Farmajo's, centre-left, threats to defeat them are not new Somali Islamist militant group...
Al-Shabab Fighters Offered Amnesty As New Somali President Declares War
Somalia’s new president has offered al-Shabab militants a 60-day amnesty amid a declaration of war on the group....
Five Aid Workers Kidnapped In Somalia
No group has said it was behind the abduction yet Armed men have abducted five aid workers from the central Somali town...
Somalia Leader Declares Country A ‘war Zone’
Somalia's new president has declared the country a war zone and instructed the army to prepare a new offensive against...
Al-Shabab Fighters Offered Amnesty As New Somali President Declares War
Somalia's new president has offered al-Shabab militants a 60-day amnesty amid a declaration of war on the group....
Somali President Declares New War On Shabaab, Offers Amnesty
Somalia's new President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Thursday declared war against Shabaab extremists, offering amnesty...
Death Toll Rises In Mogadishu Bombing
Witnesses told Reuters that the blast had destroyed the cafe and damaged another one Seven people are now reported to...
Seven Killed In Mogadishu Car Bombing
At least seven people have been killed in a massive car bomb blast in Somalia's capital, the fourth deadly attack in...
Car Bomb Kills 7 At Mogadishu Restaurant
At least seven people were killed and 10 wounded on Wednesday when a car bomb exploded at a restaurant near the Somali...
Drought Shatters Turkana’s Dreams of A Better Future
In just a few years water, oil and money would flow. Roads, schools and hospitals would follow. Turkana's generations...
Eritrea Slams US Sanctions After North Korea Military Deal
Eritrea has criticised the United States for slapping "misguided" sanctions on its navy, a month after it emerged the...
Somalia Al-Shabab Islamist Militants Kidnap Aid Workers
For al-Shabab fighters, kidnapping for ransom is often a financial weapon Four aid workers have been kidnapped by...