Somali radio closure: Shabelle manager ‘in hiding’
The manager of the independent Shabelle radio station in the Somali capital has told the BBC he is in hiding after the authorities took...
Somali MP shot dead outside mosque by al-Shabaab
A Somali MP has been assassinated in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu - the fifth parliamentarian to be killed this year.
Aden Madeer was shot when he...
Details of US military presence in Somalia
The United States has for the first time in recent years given details of its military presence inside Somalia.
US officials told Reuters news agency...
Al Shabaab launched attack on Somalia’s presidential palace
Mogadishu - Somalia’s Islamist Al Shabaab rebels launched a major bomb attack and armed assault against the country’s presidential palace late Tuesday, penetrating the...
Al Shabaab attack civilians with mortars in Baidoa
At least two civilians were killed and 18 others seriously injured in a mortar shell attack by Al-Shabaab in Baidoa town in southwest Somalia,...
Heavy blast at AU mission base near Mogadishu
A car laden with explosive devices rammed into the gate of Africa Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) military base in Halane near Mogadishu airport...
Somalia seizes 500 guns in new disarmament campaign
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somalia's government has launched a new disarmament campaign that has netted some 500 guns and sparked gun battles in a capital...
Somalia’s Shebab stone woman to death for polyandry
MOGADISHU: A Somali woman has been stoned to death in an Islamist Somali woman has been stoned to death-controlled part of the country for...
10 killed in fresh clan clashes in Somalia
Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed on Tuesday called for an immediate ceasefire between two clan militias in Hiran region after renewed clashes in...
Kenya Defence Forces will stay in Somalia until job is done
Two years after Kenya Defence Forces ( KDF) crossed the border in pursuit of members of Al Shabaab terror cell, Kenyans have begun asking...
