The Latest Breaking News from Somalia

At least 10 million children are suffering in the Horn of Africa as four rainy seasons have failed within two years.

The brute was giving awards to fighters in the Somalia Battalion, a separatist military unit of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic [DPR] when he had to flee to a bunker

The deadly siege of a hotel in Somalia's capital over the weekend was the longest such attack in the country's history

Somalia lives in an ongoing path of tragedies, and the latest was an attack led by Harakat al-Shabaab militant group on a hotel in Mogadishu. Still, the death of Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame, known as “Hadrawi”, aged 79, on Thursday hit hard in the whole country. This reaction was not surprising,…

Somali social media has been flooded with tributes to the man better known as ‘Hadraawi’

The international community must back Somalia in its fight against terror 

The new government in Somalia that won elections held in May has got off to a rocky political start in its relations with the relatively powerful and influential neighbour, Ethiopia.

Somali forces have ended a siege at a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, an army officer told Reuters on Sunday, adding that they were still clearing explosives scattered around the building. At least 12 people, mostly civilians, were killed as Somalia's elite armed forces battled al Qaeda-linked militants for 30…

Somali forces have ended a deadly siege by Al-Shabaab jihadists at a hotel in the capital Mogadishu that lasted about 30 hours, a security commander told AFP around midnight Saturday.

Somali authorities take control of popular hotel after deadly attack by al-Shabab fighters that lasted 30 hours.

Security forces have ended a siege by al Qaeda-linked militants at a hotel in Somalia's capital in which more than 20 people were killed and dozens injured, authorities said on Sunday.