Cyclone hits Somalia’s Puntland, 8 people confirmed dead, spread of locusts feared
A cyclone that hit parts of Somalia this week killed eight people and displaced thousands, flooded farmlands and could worsen a locust plague, an official...
Somali president names newcomer Roble premier as elections loom
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has picked political newcomer Mohamed Hussein Roble as prime minister, his office said on Friday, cementing power around the presidency...
19 year old lady raped by 11 men and thrown to her death from building after being lured by ‘friend’
A 19-year-old woman has died after being gang-raped by at least 11 men and thrown from the sixth floor of a building. Hamdi Mohamed Farah was...
Somali architect looks at city’s ruined past and dreams of the future
Mogadishu is a city of ruined glory: crenellated towers crumble by the sea and sand whirls against the pockmarked archways of the roofless old cathedral....
Somali regional minister shot dead by unknown gunmen
A Somali regional minister has been shot dead by unknown gunmen in the town of Jowhar, middle Shabelle region. Abdifatah Hassan, a police official in...
Death toll from attack on Mogadishu hotel rises to 16
At least 16 people were killed in an attack on Sunday by al Shabaab on a seaside hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, a government spokesman...
At least seven dead after gunmen attack Mogadishu hotel
Militants stormed a high-end seaside hotel in Mogadishu on Sunday, killing at least seven people and wounding more than 20 as they detonated a car...
Deadly gun and bomb attack at hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu
Paramedics and civilians carry an injured person on a stretcher at Madina hospital after a blast at the Elite Hotel in Lido beach in Mogadishu,...
Disgrace: Somali President and Vice President trade blows in the public during live press conference (VIDEO)
The President of Somali, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has been caught on camera exchanging blows with the Deputy President, Mahdi Mohamed Guled. Mohamed was caught...
Blast rocks military base in Somali capital, at least eight dead
An ambulance is seen near a blast site that rocked a military base in Mogadishu, Somalia August 8, 2020. REUTERS/Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A...
U.S. says air strike in Somalia killed one civilian, injured three
The United States said on Tuesday one civilian was killed and three were injured in a U.S. air strike in Somalia in February, the second...
Somalia’s parliament ousts prime minister in no-confidence vote
Somalia’s parliament ousted Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire in a no-confidence vote on Saturday, as a simmering power struggle between him and the president came...
Suicide car bomber hits checkpoint at Somalia’s Mogadishu port
An explosion shook parts of the Somali capital of Mogadishu early on Saturday as a suicide car bomber drove into a checkpoint just outside the...
Commander in Somali al Shabaab militant group killed – state media
Somali security forces have killed a commander of the al Shabaab militant group in a military operation, state radio reported on Thursday. Ahsraf Azmi Abu...