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

The Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab has taken dozens of towns and villages since launching an offensive early this year, reversing ...

War-torn Mogadishu has for decades been known for the lawlessness and poverty governing its streets. But today, things are starting to change as hope gradually returns to parts of the East African ...

Kaaho Maslah, 27, a Dutch woman of Somali origin, survived a brutal attack by her husband in Mogadishu after she tried leaving him.Her husband struck her face, neck, and cheeks repeatedly with a heavy ...

Artist Maslah Abdi Dahi has made it his mission to nurture creativity in Somalia's Mogadishu, where artistic pursuits are ...

Mogadishu, the capital war-torn city of Somalia, is losing a label it never wanted in the first place: The World's Most Dangerous City.

Somalia accused the semi-autonomous Puntland region of hijacking a ship with military equipment destined for a training ...

At least three people were killed on Wednesday when a military helicopter serving the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia crashed at the airport in the capital, Mogadishu. The helicopter, ...

From Minneapolis To Mogadishu, Somali-Americans Try To Help Survivors of Bomb Attack Workers in Somalia's capital Mogadishu are still searching through the wreckage created by large truck bomb set ...

Somalia’s capital Mogadishu now has its first-ever ATM bank machine – and it dispenses U.S. dollars. The machine was installed in late September in the upscale Jazeera Palace Hotel, which is ...

Mogadishu's designation as the World's Most Dangerous City was unofficial, of course, but widely applied. The U.N. and embassies pulled out in the 1990s, following the collapse of the last fully ...