Somalia

UN warns of severe hunger in Somalia due to drought

Jun 06, 2019 02:27

A senior UN humanitarian official has warned about severe hunger in Somalia, which has been suffering from one of the worst droughts in decades.
Ex-minister among six killed in car bomb attack in Somalia's Mogadishu

May 22, 2019 14:31

At least six people, including a former Somali foreign minister, have been killed as a car bomb exploded near the presidential palace in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu.
Somalia busts UAE-linked spy network, arrests agents

May 11, 2019 00:01

Somali authorities have reportedly arrested a spy network working for the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
US military admits to killing civilians in Somali airstrikes

Apr 06, 2019 08:07

The United States military has admitted for the first time that it killed two Somali civilians in one of its airstrikes in the African country's central El Burr region.
Car bomb attack claims lives of 15 people in Somali capital

Mar 28, 2019 13:13

At least 15 people have been killed and several others injured in a car bomb blast on a busy street in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, officials and witnesses say.
Al-Shabab attacks Somali government building in Mogadishu

Mar 23, 2019 09:54

At least 15 people, including an assistant minister, have been killed after al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab militants stormed a government building and detonated a suicide car bomb in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.
Powerful car bomb explosion hits Somali capital, leaves four dead

Mar 07, 2019 12:44

A deadly car bomb explosion claimed by al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab Takfiri terrorists has hit near the presidential palace in Somalia’s capital, security officials and witnesses say.
Somalia on alert for new Takfiri attacks after scores killed

Mar 03, 2019 11:03

Somalia has strengthened security across the capital, Mogadishu amid new threats by the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab militant group which killed scores of people on Thursday.
Somalia on alert for new Takfiri attacks after scores killed

Mar 03, 2019 05:20

Somalia has strengthened security across the capital, Mogadishu amid new threats by the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab terrorist group which killed scores of people on Thursday.
Gunfire rages in Mogadishu as hotel bomb kills nearly 30

Mar 01, 2019 08:57

Heavy gunfire rang out across central Mogadishu on Friday as Somali troops battled to dislodge insurgents holed up next to a hotel they bombed the previous evening, and as the death toll stemming from that attack neared 30.