Somalia

Over one million people displaced in four months in Somalia: UN

NAIROBI: More than a million Somalis have been displaced within their own country in just… Read More

Children dying in Somalia as food catastrophe worsens

More than 200,000 Somalis are suffering catastrophic food shortages and many are dying of hunger,… Read More

Four dead in Mogadishu hotel siege

MOGADISHU: At least four people were killed in an ongoing attack by Al-Shabaab insurgents who… Read More

Death toll from Somalia twin bombings climbs to 100: president

The number of people killed in an attack on Saturday at a busy intersection in… Read More

Car bombs explode at Somalia’s education ministry

Two car bomb explosions at Somalia's education ministry rocked the capital Mogadishu on Saturday and… Read More

Half million Somali children face hunger in world’s worst famine

More than 500,000 Somali children under five are expected to suffer severe acute malnutrition and… Read More

Plane crash-lands at Somalia airport

A passenger plane crash-landed at an airport in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Monday, with no… Read More

As hunger bites in Somalia, babies start to die

Hacked-off thorn branches encircle two mounds of earth heaped over the tiny bodies of Halima… Read More

Six people killed in blast at restaurant in Somalia’s capital

Six people were killed on Friday by a blast at a seaside restaurant in Somalia's… Read More

Somalia’s worst drought in four decades means millions need aid

It has not rained on Habiba Maow Iman's farm in southern Somalia for two years.… Read More

Four footballers killed in Somalia bus blast

Four local footballers in Somalia were killed when an explosion believed to have been caused… Read More

Ten killed in suicide bomb attack in Somali capital

“A suicide bomber blew up himself under trees where poor mothers sold tea, milk and… Read More

At least 20 killed by suicide car bomb near restaurant in Somalia capital

At least 20 people were killed and 30 wounded by a suicide car bomb just… Read More

Plane carrying coronavirus aid crashes in Somalia

A plane carrying aid supplies for use in the fight against the coronavirus crashed in… Read More

Somalia has invited Turkey to explore for oil in its seas

Turkey has been a major source of aid to Somalia following a famine in 2011… Read More

Death toll in Somalia bombing climbs to 81

The bombing Saturday at a busy intersection in Mogadishu was the country's deadliest attack in… Read More

Qatar to build new port in Somalia’s Hobyo

Hobyo, in the central region of Mudug, is an important Somali port owing to its… Read More

Mogadishu’s mayor dies in Qatar

The mayor of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu has died of wounds sustained in a suicide bomb… Read More

26 killed in deadly Somalia hotel siege

Three Kenyans, three Tanzanians, two Americans, one British and one Canadian were among the 26… Read More

Air strike kills Islamic State deputy in Somali region

An air strike killed the deputy leader of the Islamic State group in Somalia’s semi-autonomous… Read More