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

Somalia troops last week engaged in a turf war for the control of Bula Hawa, a town close to the Kenyan border in Gedo region ...

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

Somalia says it has bought two Airbus aircraft in a bid to revive the national carrier, which was run aground 34 years ago.

The Economist's July 24, 2025, article--painting Somalia's state-building as faltering and warning Mogadishu could fall to al ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Mohamed Nor's phone rings constantly, kept busy by the property hunters who want to own a piece of Mogadishu. Other clients sit on a chaise longue inside his airy office in ...

Somali government forces secure the scene of an explosion in KM4 street in the Hodan district of Mogadishu, Somalia, Oct. 15, 2017. Reuters The attack was one of the worst in the world in recent ...

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 ...

Five people, plus four attackers, were killed in an attack at a hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Sunday, according to Somali police. The deadly siege at the Afrik hotel which left 10 ...

The mayor of the Somali capital of Mogadishu was wounded and at least six others killed in a suicide bomb attack Wednesday on a government building, the country’s information minister said.

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 ...