The Latest Breaking News from Somalia

Six countries issue joint statement over clashes around town of Lascanood between Somaliland and local clan forces.

Representatives from the United States, Britain, Qatar, Somalia, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey met on Tuesday and expressed concern at the conflict in and around Laascaanood, a disputed town in Somalia's northern breakaway region of Somaliland, according to a statement released by the State Department.

Ten people were killed in an attack in Somalia's capital claimed by the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group, which said it was targeting military officials and militia fighters involved in an offensive against it.

Somalis arrive in Ethiopia from disputed town of Las Anod, where at least 82 people have died in fighting

Security forces in Somalia have ended a siege by al-Shabab extremists that killed 10 people and wounded three others at a home in the capital, Mogadishu

Analysts say ruling AK Party has for years built influence and global clout with humanitarian-heavy foreign policy.

Violence has erupted in a city at the centre of dispute between Somalia’s semi-autonomous Somaliland & Puntland regions.

The government is working to ensure the welfare of an Australian in Somalia following an allegation of a man being smuggled there for gay conversion therapy.

Policymakers tend to assume that the effects of conflict are felt only where violence occurs. As a result, humanitarian aid, protection efforts or asylum policies largely focus on conflict-hit areas.