Al-Shabab rebels have seized the central Somali town of Mahaas after an assault involving explosions and a ground offensive ...

Fighting broke out after former Jubbaland minister turned Gedo region spy chief for ...

Somalia's police force faces mounting accusations of deep political entanglement, raising concerns over its impartiality and ...

Cyclical rivalries between the federal government, states and the political opposition have undermined the counter-terrorism ...

The Economist's July 24, 2025, article--painting Somalia's state-building as faltering and warning Mogadishu could fall to al-Shabab--has sparked a firestorm online. On X, Somalis are calling it ...

As Western countries curtail support, the fate of one the world’s oldest state-building projects hangs in the balance. Three ...

He called on Foreign Minister of Somalia Abdisalam Abdi Ali, on the sidelines of the conference and discussed enhanced ...

Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, is experiencing a rebirth. It may still be fragile at this stage, but after two decades of war and anarchy, the Indian Ocean city is coming back to life following the ...

A stand off as Somalia demands release of a cargo ship carrying military equipment that was seized by semi-autonomous Puntland. The ship was reportedly transporting military equipment to Turkey’s ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia's president says at least 100 people were killed in Saturday's two car bombings at a busy junction in the capital and the toll could rise in the country's deadliest ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia-- The death toll from Saturday's truck bombing in Somalia's capital is now over 300, the director of an ambulance service said Monday, ...