Somalia

Somalia's Information Minister, Daud Aweis, said Wednesday that the national army (SNA) with support from local militias has killed 323 Al-Shabaab terrorists in seven days, Anadolu News Agency reports....

Somalia's Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the Swedish authorities for allowing an extremist to burn a copy of the Quran, the Muslim holy book, in front of Turkiye's Embassy in...

Turkiye, on Friday, strongly condemned "heinous" terrorist attacks targeting military bases in Somalia's central Galgaduud region, Anadolu News Agency reports. "We are deeply saddened to learn that many soldiers...

At least 10 soldiers were killed and several wounded in an Al-Shabaab attack on a military base in Somalia's Middle Shabelle region on Tuesday morning, Anadolu News Agency reports....

US air strikes in Somalia were up 30% in 2022. US involvement in the East African nation has rumbled on for nearly 16 years and increasing significantly last year. This, along with a fresh wave of attacks by Al-Shabaab militants, has brought more misery to the Horn of Africa.

Iraq is reportedly set to write off some of Somalia's debt, according to a report by Al-Ahram citing an official in the Arab League, to which both countries belong....

The Somali government on Saturday said the al-Qaeda-affiliated terror group al-Shabaab requested to open negotiations with the government for the first time, reports Anadolu Agency. Somalia's Deputy Defense Minister...

Somalia and the UAE have signed an agreement to bolster military and security ties, along with cooperation in anti-terrorism efforts, as the two countries work to improve strained relations,...

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag yesterday met his Somali counterpart, Hassan Moalim, in the Turkish capital Ankara to discuss mutual judicial cooperation. During the meeting, Bozdag praised what he...

Iraq and Syria have ranked high among the most dangerous countries for journalists, according to a report by Reporters Without Borders published on Friday. The report indicated that 1,668...

Somalia's Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources on Wednesday warned British company Genel Energy Plc against oil exploration in the Somaliland regions in the north of the country, Anadolu...

Migrants seek refuge  in abandoned building in Brussels

Approximately 8.3 million people across Somalia are likely to face crisis or worse levels of acute food insecurity between April and June 2023, according to a report released on...

The Somali army has liberated the strategic town of Adanyabal in the Middle Shabelle region from the Al-Shabaab terrorists, the nation's President confirmed on Tuesday, Anadolu News Agency reports....

Somali security forces are still battling Al-Shabaab terrorists at a besieged hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, some 15 hours after the attack began, officials said on Monday, Anadolu News...

The Somali military said, Friday, its forces thwarted an Al-Shabaab attack on a military base in the recently liberated village of Qayib in Galmudug state, Anadolu News Agency reports....

The operational environment in Somalia in October continued to remain challenging amid a devastating drought in the Horn of African country, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)...

Call logs released by France have revealed that French and British authorities ignored calls for help several times when a boat carrying asylum seekers ran into difficulty whilst crossing...

The US is offering up to $10 million for information that helps bring to justice three leaders of the terrorist group, Al-Shabaab, as the Al-Qaeda-aligned group has stepped up...

Somalia's military has captured a strategic town in the central Galgaduud region that was controlled by the Al-Shabaab terrorist group for more than 15 years, Anadolu News Agency reports....

The Somali government, on Monday, banned the use of the name "Al-Shabaab," referring to the Al Qaeda-linked terror group that the majority-Muslim nation said is a deviant sect. In...

Backed by locals, elite Somali forces killed more than 100 members of the Al Qaeda-affiliated terror group Al-Shabaab, the country's Defence Ministry said on Friday, Anadolu News Agency reports....

It was a Saturday afternoon, with many people busy in the hustle and bustle of the Somali capital when one of its central road junctions shook with the force...

The European Union, yesterday, condemned a recent attack carried out on Saturday by Somalia's militant group, Al-Shabaab. "These senseless attacks against innocent civilians, including women and children, only serve...

At least nine people were killed and more than 47 others wounded after the death toll rose from a terror attack on a popular hotel in the southern port...

The Secretary-General of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) was released on bail Sunday, after being arrested six days earlier on security-related charges, Anadolu News Agency reports. Abdalle Ahmed Mumin...

Somalia, on Friday, marked the fifth anniversary of the deadliest bombing in the Horn of Africa nation's history, Anadolu News Agency reports. On 14 October, 2017, a truck full...

Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, has appointed a host of new ambassadors and permanent representatives at Turkiye's missions abroad, diplomatic sources said Thursday. Amid the normalisation of ties between...

A top commander of the Al-Shabaab terrorist group has been killed in a joint operation by the Somali military and international partner forces, Somali authorities said on late Sunday,...

A Somali Police Chief was killed yesterday in an explosion targeting his convoy in the Middle Shabelle region to the south of the country, according to the Interior Minister....

The leaders of Ethiopia and Somalia, on Wednesday, signalled the neighbours will lay greater focus on economic ties in the coming future, Anadolu News Agency reports. Prime Minister, Abiy...

The President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan called on the African Union (AU) on Friday to "correct" its decision to freeze his country's activities in...