Somali government troops backed by local militia from the central Hiiraan region have launched the final phase of a coordinated offensive aimed at dislodging Al-Shabaab fighters from the strategic ...

In a small mosque in south Mogadishu, a group of politicians opposing Somalia’s incumbent President,… Sii akhri ...

The President of the Somaliland administration, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, currently visiting Djibouti, was received by… ...

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Somalia President Mohamud’s new Justice and Solidarity Party (JSP) sparks criticism, with fears it could destabilise upcoming elections.

A billboard of the most wanted terrorist in the world, Abdullahi Banati, in Garissa town has elicited mixed reactions from the residents. The erection of the billboard caught many by surprise on ...

Godane was quickly replaced by the more reclusive Ahmad Umar, who remains at large. In the past year al-Shabaab attacks, including against the 22,000-strong multinational African Union force in ...

pour into the area in a renewed offensive against the militant group Al-Shabaab. President of Hirshabelle State, Ali Gudlawe, accompanied by former regional officials, including ex-governor Ahmed ...

Interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa said last week that his government was holding indirect talks with Israel to bring an end to its attacks on his country “so matters don’t reach a point ...

The al Qaeda franchise al-Shabaab has attacked nearly every state institution, security installation and large hotel in Mogadishu over the past 20 years. In April it captured key towns within 150 ...

Somali security personnel have arrested, assaulted, or harassed at least 41 private-media journalists since mid-March, in what local press rights groups have called a "painful experience" and an ...

US President Donald Trump's historic meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, has not gone over well with the hard-line media in Iran. Moderate outlets largely ...