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

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

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

Somalia's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, H.E. Abdisalam Abdi Ali, paid a courtesy visit last night to renowned Islamic scholar Sheikh Abdirashid Ali Sufi in Doha, ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Clan leaders in the Somali capital considered switching sides and throwing their support to government forces, which advanced to within striking distance of this ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia-- The death toll from Saturday's truck bombing in Somalia's capital is now over 300, the director of an ambulance service said Monday, as this country reeled from the deadliest ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia's government says five civilians were killed when al-Qaida-linked extremists stormed a regional government office in the capital on Sunday. The founder of the Aamin ...

Somalia officially has its own currency, the Somali Shilling. But the government has been so dysfunctional that none have been officially printed in Mogadishu since civil war broke out in 1991.

Extremist group Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for two explosions that rocked the Somali capital near the Dayah Hotel, killing at least 21 people.

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 ...