Pro-Islamic State militants seize first town in Somalia
Pro-Islamic State militants have seized their first big town in the Puntland region of Somalia, officials and residents told VOA.
The militants moved into the...
Breaking: Al Shabaab seize Tiyeeglow town in Bakool region after AU troops withdrawal
Al Shabaab fighters on Wednesday have seized control of Tiyeglow town in Bakool region from the Ethiopian troops serving under the African Union Mission...
Two Women Convicted in US of Financing Somali Group Al-Shabab
Wednesday October 26, 2016
Two women who U.S. prosecutors say led an online group in raising money to support the Somali insurgent group al-Shabab were...
Egypt condemns deadly attacks in Pakistan, Kenya, Somalia
Wednesday October 26, 2016.
Egypt condemned with "strongest terms" the recent deadly terrorist attacks on a police academy in Pakistan, a hotel in Kenya and...
At Radical Rehab, Al-Shabab Defectors Get 2nd Chance
Young men play football in the afternoon sun. It is a common scene in Somalia, except for the razor wire and guard towers that...
Minnesota Somali groups join to speak with one voice at Capitol
Minnesota’s largest Somali nonprofits are teaming up to present a unified lobbying front to the state this winter.
In recent months, the leaders of eight...
President condemns attack on AU base in Beledweyne
Somalia’s caretaker president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has condemned the Tuesday morning attack on the AU mission in Somalia (AMISOM) base in Beledweyne city, terming...
Two people injured, possible deaths in car explosion at Amisom base, central Somalia
Two people have been injured and possibility of casualties high following a car explosion that hit the entrance of Amisom base in Beledweyne, central Somalia.
Idale...
Al-Shabab disrupts Somalia’s effort to hold ‘free and fair elections’
Somalia — Staring at trucks festooned with campaign signs winding their way through the streets of the capital, Hawa Mahamoud was disappointed that she...
Lule turns down Somalia national football team head coach job
Mathias 'Salongo Matia' Lule is set to refund the $1000 advance fee he had been sent from Somalia Football Federation because he will not...
IOM connects with Somali diaspora through outreach program
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has completed its diaspora tour promoting their development plan to assist Somalia’s need for human resource capacity.Program manager...
12 killed in Mandera overnight attack by Shabaab gunmen – VIDEO
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
By MANASE OTSIALO, LUCAS BARASA
Twelve people have been killed in an overnight attack at Bishaaro lodge in Mandera Town by suspected...
Clashes in Galkayo, Somalia Harm Civilians
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
By Laetitia Bader
Tens of Thousands Displaced by Three Weeks of Fighting
Internally displaced Somalis stand outside a makeshift Muslim Madrasa (Islamic school)...
Somalia kicks off fierce lower house election
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Somali parliamentarians during a vote. FILE PHOTO
Somalia's electoral body said there would be no extension to the Lower House election, which kicked...
Top Somali army general shot dead in Mogadishu
Armed Al Shabaab assassins have shot and killed a senior Somali army officer in Mogadishu, the latest in series of targeted assassinations in the...
Galkaayo fighting claims another five lives, PM calls for truce
At least five people have been killed and ten injured in the latest round of fighting in clash prone Galkaayo as leaders call for...
We are not part of federalisation process in Somalia-Somaliland Foreign Minister
The break-away region of Somaliland has termed comments by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud regarding the federalization process in Somalia as detached from the reality...
Puntland accuses Federal Gov’t for arming Gal-Mudug militias
Puntland president Abdiwali Mohamed Ali who has returned from an official duty has alleged Federal Gov’t for fueling regional unrests in the long disputed...
Al-Shabaab beheading civilians after taking Somali town of Halgan says MP
Al-Shabaab, the Somalia-based Islamic group, has seized the town of Halgan in the Hiran region after African Union peacekeepers pulled out and are said...
Qadar PM meets Somalia minister
HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani holding talks with Somalia’s Minister of National Security Abdirizak...