Suicide bombing kills three, injures two in Somali capital
A suicide bomb in Mogadishu killed three people and injured two others, Somali authorities said.
Somaliland postpones presidential election until next year
Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland will postpone its scheduled presidential election to next
Somalia appoints Al-Shabaab co-founder as religion minister
Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre on Tuesday named a co-founder and spokesman of the Al-Shabaab
Somali president tests positive for COVID-19
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said on Friday he had tested positive for COVID-19 and was in
Somalia’s new President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud promises to be a leader for all
Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud was elected as Somalia’s new President by the country’s legislators on Monday
Somali politicians choose new president, unruffled by explosions
Somali politicians voted on Sunday for a new president despite explosions near the fortified
Somali leaders tussle over expulsion of African Union envoy
Somalia’s Prime Minister on Thursday expelled the African Union representative because of acts
Somalia’s worst drought in four decades means millions need aid
It has not rained on Habiba Maow Iman’s farm in southern Somalia for two years. Her animals are
Somali doctors open war-scarred nation’s only public blood bank
When Somalia’s biggest bomb blast killed more than 500 people in 2017, Dr. Ahmed Abdikadir Mohamed
Five killed as gunfire, explosions rock Somali capital
Al Shabaab militants attacked several police stations and security checkpoints in Somalia’s capital
Somali President, PM trade accusations over delays to ongoing elections
Somalia’s president and prime minister each accused the other on Sunday of holding up ongoing
Five people stabbed in Italian resort, Somali man arrested
A Somali asylum-seeker was arrested by Italian police after he allegedly stabbed four women and a
AU condemns ongoing violence and looting in South Africa
Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mousa Faki Mahamat, has condemned the ongoing violence
Suicide bomber kills six police officers in Somali capital: Police
A suicide bomber killed six police officers in front of a district police station in the Somali
Somalia’s parliament votes to cancel presidential term extension
Somali lawmakers voted unanimously on Saturday to cancel a two-year presidential term extension they
Somali president challenged in his bid to secure new term
Somalia’s president, whose four-year term expired this month, should not take part in talks aimed at
Somali leaders fail to break deadlock over presidential vote
Somali leaders have failed to end a stalemate over the selection of a new president scheduled for
‘Suspected arms dealers moved millions in Somali money transfers’
Somali money transfer companies moved more than R60 million ($3.7 million) in cash between suspected
At least six killed as Somalia security forces put out prison uprising
At least six prisoners were killed and another six injured when Somali security forces beat back an
Somali militants kill 12 soldiers in attack on base, say officials
Al Shabaab militants killed at least 12 Somali soldiers and briefly captured a military base