The Somali government is intensifying efforts to regain control over the districts of Moqokori and Maxaas in the Hiiraan region, which Al-Shabaab militants recently captured.From the Lama-Galaay ...

In this image made from video, residents move through floodwaters on a street in the town of Beledweyne, in Somalia Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. First, some families fled drought and violence.

Residents were seen moving through floodwaters on a street in the town of Beledweyne, in Somalia on, Nov. 19, 2023. AP Somalia’s federal government declared a state of emergency in October after ...

They are not alone. According to the humanitarian group Save the Children, the flooding has forced an estimated 250,000 people, or 90% of Beledweyne's population, out of their homes. Somalia's ...

Abdullahi Hassan, a farmer from Beledweyne, a flood-prone town in the central Hirshabelle region of Somalia, told ICRC: "Your livelihood is swept away, and you must start from scratch".

“At once the entire city was underwater. Beledweyne itself became like an ocean,” said shopkeeper Ahmed Nur, whose business was washed away. “Only the roofs of the houses could be seen.

Men walk through floodwaters on a street in the town of Beledweyne, Somalia, on May 15, 2023. Around 460,000 people have been affected by the flooding.(AP Photo) ...

Beledweyne, about 335 kilometers (208 miles) north of the capital, Mogadishu, is the capital of the Hiran region and a strategic location in the ongoing campaign against al-Shabab.

Relatives and Somali government officials pray near the slain body of Amina Mohamed Abdi, a vocal critic of the government, who was killed in a suicide explosion in Beledweyne, at the Adan Abdulle ...

An explosives-laden vehicle has detonated at a security checkpoint in the central Somalia city of Beledweyne. Authorities say at least 15 people were killed and 40 others were wounded in Saturday&#… ...

The flooding has forced an estimated 250,000 people, or 90% of Beledweyne’s population, out of their homes, according to the humanitarian group Save the Children, MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP ...