Mogadishu’s first line of defense against the next militant attack on Somalia’s capital ranges from machine gunners in pick-up trucks to young men in plainclothes manning checkpoints ...

Mogadishu is losing a label it never wanted in the first place: The World's Most Dangerous City. The seaside Somali capital is enjoying a peace that, except for the infrequent attack, has lasted the ...

(AP) MOGADISHU, Somalia - Mogadishu is losing a label it never wanted in the first place: The World's Most Dangerous City. The seaside Somali capital is enjoying a peace that, except for the ...

An image posted by Shabaab on social media shows a Shabaab fighter posing inside Biyo Cadde after the group captured the town. Since at least February 20, Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch for East Africa, ...

At least 32 people have been killed and dozens injured in a suicide attack at a beach restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday, state media SONNA reported Saturday. Six members of the ...

Mogadishu’s last secular warlord has surrendered to powerful Islamists after losing most of his territory following two days of heavy fighting in which more than 60 people have died, militia sources ...

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 26 (UNHCR) - All Nor Hassan Mohamed wanted to do was buy food for his wife and eight children. But as he dashed across the street from his home at the height of the latest fighting ...

Bashir Osman moves hurriedly along a white sandy beachfront, giving instructions to a driver operating a bulldozer. Near them, a large truck is ferrying away piles of rocks, clearing a sun-soaked ...

There is a remarkable change going on in Mogadishu, Somalia — often dubbed the world's most dangerous city. For starters, it may not deserve that title anymore. Last year, African Union forces drove ...