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Mogadishu, Somalia, 31 July 2025 ndash; The Deputy Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), ...
Somalia stands at a fragile turning point as displaced communities begin rebuilding — ...
Al-Shabab rebels have seized the central Somali town of Mahaas after an assault involving explosions and a ground offensive.
As Western countries curtail support, the fate of one the world’s oldest state-building projects hangs in the balance. Three ...
The Economist's July 24, 2025, article--painting Somalia's state-building as faltering and warning Mogadishu could fall to al ...
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, ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Al-Shabaab stormed the Villa Rose hotel near Somalia’s presidential palace following a suicide bombing at the gate at 8 p.m. local time (noon ET), according to police.