Unidentified gunmen launched a surprise attack overnight on a military checkpoint in Ceelhuur, a strategic area on the outskirts of the Somali capital, security sources said Friday.

After a decade of decline, Somalia may now be facing its final tipping point. In just weeks, al-Shabaab has overrun dozens of towns, stormed major bases, and captured key strategic points near ...

Several Somali migrants have died after a boat they were traveling in capsized in the Mediterranean Sea between Algeria and Spain, local sources said Friday.

Somalia’s government has increasingly turned to Turkey to repel al-Shabab, as America’s diminished focus on Africa scrambles ...

The second day of a major opposition leaders' conference is underway in Mogadishu, with former Somali president Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed chairing the meeting. The gathering aims to address pressing ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The cries of distressed children filled the ward for the severely malnourished. Among the patients was 1 ...

Abdirisak Tuuryare is a senior journalist with Shabelle Media, based in Mogadishu, Somalia. He also contributes to Mareeg.com ...

Several people have been reported killed in a suicide bombing at an army recruitment centre in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu.

Teenagers were lining up at the base's gate when the attacker detonated the explosives. Dozens of abandoned shoes and the ...

The USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier and strike group was also relentlessly bombing targets in Somalia while also attacking ...

Three African football legends -- Samuel Eto'o, Emmanuel Adebayor and Jay-Jay Okocha -- took to the pitch in Somalia on ...

In Somalia, the closure of crucial nutrition centers due to U.S. aid cuts has spurred a crisis, leaving thousands of ...