In 2018, an International Crisis Group report substantiated Al-Shabaab control of business and taxation had become so ...

Talk is circulating of a US tilt toward the recognition of Somaliland──a secessionist entity in northern Somalia──as a ...

Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Somaliland suspended its participation in Turkey-backed talks aimed at reconciling ...

Though each crisis is driven by different, home-grown causes, “the question of who controls the Red Sea and who will ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (Agencies): 5 people were killed and 11 others wounded after a suicide bomber blew himself up near an army training facility in the Somali capital Mogadishu, said a security ...

A Newsweek-created graphic shows the various travel advisories currently in place across Africa, including the no-go zones.

Somaliland has its own currency and passport, as well as control over its foreign and military affairs. It has held several ...

Kyiv is interested in strengthening ties and presence in Africa. Ukraine has officially established diplomatic relations with ...

Somaliland's opposition leader has won the presidency of the breakaway region of Somalia, according to election results ...

But not all of Somalia is the same. Somaliland, while unrecognized, is night and day different from the rest of Somalia. Somaliland is democratic — unlike Somalia, which appoints its leaders.

Somaliland, a former British protectorate, declared independence from Somalia in 1991 following the collapse of the central government. It maintains its own government, security forces and ...