Somalia

Somali security forces have shot dead a minister for public works in his car in the capital Mogadishu, after mistaking him for an Islamist militant, official say. Mogadishu mayoral spokesman …

Somalia new prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire named a 26-strong cabinet on Tuesday, including a former foreign affairs chief as finance minister and a BBC journalist as the country’s top …

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Thursday confirmed that the leader of the militant group al-Shabaab has surrendered to government forces in Baidoa town in southern Somalia. The …

The United States of America President, Donald Trump has signed a new executive order on immigration, placing a 90-day ban on people from six mainly Islamic nations. Iraq has been removed from …

The number of people facing severe hunger worldwide has surpassed 100 million and will grow if humanitarian aid is not paired with more support for farmers, a senior United Nations, …

Thousands of Somalis fired guns in the air, cheered atop military vehicles and slaughtered camels on Thursday to celebrate the election of anti-corruption campaigner Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed as president. Protected …

Somali lawmakers voted for the country’s president on Wednesday, gathering in the safety of Mogadishu’s heavily fortified airport after months of delays and following threats from Islamist insurgents bent on …

Islamist militants rammed a car bomb into the gate of a hotel and stormed inside, killing at least 13 people in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, police said. Gunfire rang …

About four soldiers were killed and five wounded on Tuesday when a roadside bomb that Islamist militant group al Shabaab said it planted exploded outside a military camp in a …