Nearly 20 people killed in central Somalia violence
An estimated of 20 people were killed, and scores wounded in an ongoing fierce clashes between Al shabaab and local militiamen in southern Mudug...
Elections to the Lower House Continue
On November 2016 voting resumed for the Lower House of the Somali parliament.
More than 50% of members of parliament in lower house have now...
Several ISIS fighters killed in Israeli strike after alleged attack
A number of fighters which Israel claims were affiliated to ISIS were killed in an Israeli strike on Sunday, which followed an alleged attempted...
Greek pilot: We are your friends, and we are always here for Israel
Interior Security Minister Gilad Erdan also addressed the press, saying that Israeli security forces had just arrested an Arab male near Abu Tor in...
Puntland State suspends voting for Lower House
The northeastern semi-autonomous state of Puntland announced it suspended the ballot to elect the MPs of the country’s lower house in Garowe on Sunday.
Puntland...
Severe water shortage reported in Gedo region
As drought reigns through the Gedo region in southern Somalia, people and animals face a severe water shortage following failure of the seasonal rains...
Somalia’s electoral body nullifies election results in jowhar election
Federal Indirect Electoral Implementation team (FIEIT) has dismissed the voting results of the Lower House elections conducted yesterday in Jowhar town, over violation to...
Galmudug appeals for aid amid severe drought
Galmudug minister for humanitarian affairs, Shire Hirsi Mohamud has appealed to Somali federal government to provide humanitarian assistance to people affected by severe drought...
Breaking: Locals clash with Al-Shabaab over alms collection, over 10 people killed
Over ten combatants including Al-Shabaab and locals were killed and several others wounded after Al-Shabaab launched assaults on at Dumaaye village which lies 25km...
Al Shabaab briefly seize town from Somali military
Al Shabaab fighters have briefly seized a key area in Somalia’s southern lower Shabelle region from government troops following a massive gun attack on...
Uganda says salary of its troops in AMISOM ‘ready’
The Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Edward Katumba Wamala has said the Ugandan troops serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia will be...
Somalia’s young entrepreneurs are finding their way in the new global economy
After living and studying in several Asian countries for 7 years, Mohamed Abdilahi Dahir came back to Somalia without a plan on what to...
Somali Forces Arrest Suspect in Deadly Market Attack
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud says an arrest has been made in the car bombing that killed at least 20 people in a crowded...
Breaking: Car bomb kills 10 people in Mogadishu
At least ten people including police officers and civilians were killed and over 15 wounded in car bomb attack in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu
Saturday’s bombing near the...
Al Shabaab parades Govt soldiers in Sablale town
Al Shabaab, the Somalia-based militant group linked with Al Qaeda has paraded two soldiers in Sablale district in Lower Shabelle region, whom it said...
Hir-Shabelle sets up committee to end Hiiraan clan clashes
The newly established Hir-Shabelle state in Jowhar town has set up a peace committee to end the ongoing clan battles in the central region...
UN trains Somali officials on human trafficking
The UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday that it has trained 30 police and immigration officers from various ports of entry...
BREAKING: Huge blast hits Mogadishu market
A car bomb has exploded near a busy market in Mogadishu on Saturday, witness said.
A witness in the scene said explosives-laden vehicle went off...
Tension runs high in Hiiran region after clan battle
Tension ran high in the suburbs of the central Somali town of Beledweyne after scores of people were killed in a renewed clan battle...
Somali presidential election pushed back to December
Somalia is likely to push back its forthcoming election to December 15, which was expected to take place on the 30th November, 2016, according...