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

The ministerial meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC) Contact Group on Somalia was held in Doha ...

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

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, where he is attending a high-level summit of the African Union's Peace and Security Council (PSC), a key body tasked ...

The U.S. military has launched its most intensive Somalia bombing campaign on record, U.S. Africa Command strike data show.

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

An American raid on Friday saw U.S. troops capture Abdiweli Mohamed Yusuf, the chief money man for ISIS in Somalia since 2019.

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 ...

Fighting broke out after former Jubbaland minister turned Gedo region spy chief for Mogadishu government landed in Bula Hawa.

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 ...

Somalia accused the semi-autonomous Puntland region of hijacking a ship with military equipment destined for a training ...

Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region acknowledged it’s holding a vessel full of military equipment until it can work out ...