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

Cyclical rivalries between the federal government, states and the political opposition have undermined the counter-terrorism ...

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, where he is attending a high-level summit of the African Union's Peace and Security Council (PSC), a key body tasked ...

The U.S. military has launched its most intensive Somalia bombing campaign on record, U.S. Africa Command strike data show.

As Western countries curtail support, the fate of one the world’s oldest state-building projects hangs in the balance. Three ...

A stand off as Somalia demands release of a cargo ship carrying military equipment that was seized by semi-autonomous Puntland. The ship was reportedly transporting military equipment to Turkey’s ...

An American raid on Friday saw U.S. troops capture Abdiweli Mohamed Yusuf, the chief money man for ISIS in Somalia since 2019.

The Economist's July 24, 2025, article--painting Somalia's state-building as faltering and warning Mogadishu could fall to al-Shabab--has sparked a firestorm online. On X, Somalis are calling it ...

Fighting broke out after former Jubbaland minister turned Gedo region spy chief for Mogadishu government landed in Bula Hawa.

The ministerial meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Contact Group on Somalia was held in Doha on Monday.

He called on Foreign Minister of Somalia Abdisalam Abdi Ali, on the sidelines of the conference and discussed enhanced ...

China has issued a strong warning to the self-declared Republic of Somaliland following a recent maritime cooperation agreement signed with Taiwan, a move Beijing denounced as a violation of its ...