At least two Somali soldiers were killed and several others wounded in an attack by Al-Shabaab terrorists on an army base in the Middle Shabelle region today, an official...

At least 76 militants were killed on Saturday when a fierce fighting broke out in southwestern Somalia between terrorist group al-Shabaab and the military, an official said, Anadolu Agency reported. The...

Fierce fighting broke out in southwestern Somalia on Saturday when terrorist group Al-Shabaab launched a pre-dawn attack on Somali National Army bases, said military officials, Anadolu Agency reports. "Somali...

The European Union yesterday called on Somali leaders to quickly hold presidential election. "Somalia's federal and member state leaders must honor their responsibilities to the citizens and hold Parliamentary...

Somalia on Monday appealed for urgent funding to assist 2.7 million people projected to face acute hunger as pre-drought conditions worsen in the Horn of the African country, Anadolu...

Turkey handed over military barracks to Somalia today, according to an official statement, Anadolu Agency reports. "As part of restructuring the Somali Armed Forces, the Northern Barracks – 1st...

Al-Shabaab movement on Friday has freed 400 prisoners in Somalia, while four people were killed during the operation. The attack took place in the central prison in Bosaso in...

Several people are feared dead or injured after a car bomb blast has targeted a busy restaurant near Mogadishu seaport on Friday evening, Somali police said, Anadolu Agency has reported. Police...

At least nine al-Shabaab militants were killed in Somalia Sunday when the al-Qaeda-affiliated terror group mounted an attack Sunday morning on an army base in the country's southwest, reports...

Scores of Yemeni refugees, mostly women and children, arrived in Somalia's coastal city of Bosaso, Somali authorities announced on Wednesday, according to the Yemen Shabab, an independent website. This is...

Turkish yesterday expressed concern over the rise in unrest in Somalia as a result of the delay in holding elections which was due to be held on 8 February....

The Somali National Army (SNA) claimed that it killed more than 50 Al-Shabaab members, including two senior commanders, in an operation in the lower Shabelle region, Anadolu Agency reports. The...

Somalia on Sunday accused the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of violating international law by belittling Somalia's government as "interim" and seeking to sow violence, Anadolu Agency reports. A Saturday UAE...

At least two people were killed in the Somali capital on today, wounded when a bomb blast targeted a vehicle carrying a local government official, Anadolu Agency reports. The...

Gunfire and mortar fire rocked the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Friday amid a government lockdown, as opposition presidential candidates staged a rally to force President Mohamed Farmaajo to...

The African Union Commission chief Friday said he is "deeply concerned" at the deteriorating security and political situation in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, which he said puts at risk all...

Turkey's plans for its own space programme will cost over $1 billion and will begin with a rocket being launched from a site in Somalia, it has been revealed....

The UN office for humanitarian affairs Thursday said about 1.3 million people were displaced in Somalia in 2020, Anadolu Agency reports. "Out of a total of 2.9 million IDPs [Internally Displaced...

The US Navy announced on Tuesday that its guided-missile destroyer, the USS Winston S. Churchill, had seized illegal shipments of weapons from two small ships while sailing in international...

Mogadishu and the UN on Monday sought $1.09 billion to assist Somalis in need of humanitarian assistance in 2021, reports Anadolu Agency. The federal government of Somalia and UN's Office...

A bomb explosion on Friday evening targeted a local government office near Somalia's biggest market in the capital Mogadishu, Anadolu Agency reports. Confirming the blast, Somali police spokesman Sadaq Adan Ali...

At least two children were killed in southern Somalia as a mortar shell allegedly fired by Ugandan troops serving under the African Union peacekeeping mission forces (AMISOM) struck their...

The United Nations on Saturday reiterated its call for Somalia's government to pass legislation to end the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the country, Anadolu Agency reports....

Somalia has declared a state of emergency on Thursday over a new generation of desert locust swarms that have caused major damage to farmlands. On its official Twitter account,...

At least eight people, including soldiers, were killed and several others wounded when terrorists ambushed military personnel in Lower Shabelle region of Somalia on Tuesday, an official said, reports...

Somali security forces ended an eight-hour-long siege on a hotel early this morning following an attack by Al-Shabaab militants in the capital Mogadishu.

The United Arab Emirates is waging a war for influence over the Horn of Africa

A report by the global watchdog group Transparency International has ranked Somalia, Syria, and Yemen as among the most corrupt states in the world in a list of 180 countries.

Relations between Somali and Qatar as historical and long-standing, based on the mutual respect, joint understanding and co-ordination in the regional and international forums, Minister of Labour and Social...

At least five people including soldiers were killed and four others wounded on Saturday when a bomb blast hit a vehicle carrying a former Somali lawmaker in the capital...

The US has completely withdrawn its troops from Somalia, US Africa Command (AFRICOM) announced yesterday. "The repositioning of the troops was completed ahead of the deadline in a presidential...

Somalia's prime minister has introduced a quota of 30 per cent female representation in parliament in preparation for the election being held next month, Reuters reported yesterday. Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein...