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Somalia stands at a fragile turning point as displaced communities begin rebuilding — but global support is fading.
At a stabilisation centre in Baidoa, southern Somalia, Amina anxiously watches over her one-year-old son, Shariif, who is ...
Mogadishu, Somalia, 31 July 2025 ndash; The Deputy Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), ...
As Western countries curtail support, the fate of one the world’s oldest state-building projects hangs in the balance. Three ...
Opinion - When the United Nations Security Council voted in December 2023 to lift Somalia's long-standing arms embargo, many framed it as a vote of confidence, a sign that the world was ready to ...
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 ...
Efforts to establish a new regional administration in northeastern Somalia have entered a new phase, with delegates preparing to begin the selection of parliamentarians, officials said.The emerging ...
Ex-minister Abdirahman Aynte said the party will confront systemic injustice, and dismantle entrenched corruption.
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.
A general view shows the scene of two car bomb explosions in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Oct. 29, 2022. Abukar Mohamed Muhudin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images ...
Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, is one of the most dangerous cities in the world. And yet, NPR's Jason Beaubien reports, there are reasons for optimism as an emerging middle class makes its mark on ...