In the past, MPs voted for the president while clan heads and elders elected lawmakers.

Gulf states have become increasingly prominent in the squabbles, civil wars and inter-country tensions in the Horn of Africa ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — To save the life of his badly malnourished 3-year-old son, farmer Yusuf Bulle had to travel from a remote area of southern Somalia to the capital, Mogadishu, where a rare ...

When Siad Barre’s regime fell in 1991, Somalia’s fragile unity crumbled. Decades of authoritarian rule, fueled by Cold War alliances with the U.S. and Soviet Union, left behind deep divisions. What ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — To save the life of his badly malnourished 3-year-old son, farmer Yusuf Bulle had to travel from a remote area of southern Somalia to the capital, Mogadishu, where a rare ...