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 ...

The U.S. Agency for International Development once provided 65% of Somalia’s foreign aid. Now that funding is disappearing.

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 ...

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

MOGADISHU - Somalia's top opposition leaders have gathered today in the capital Mogadishu for a high-level political conference that is expected to define their collective stance on the country's ...

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

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

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

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

A suicide bomber in the Somali capital has targeted young recruits waiting to register at a military camp, killing at least ...

Three of Africa rsquo;s most iconic footballers mdash;Samuel Eto rsquo;o, Jay-Jay Okocha and Emmanuel Adebayor mdash;landed ...

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