The Somali army has taken control of an area in southern Somalia used as a hideout for the Al-Shabaab terror group during an ...

Somalia became a key part of IS's global network after fighters were driven out of strongholds in Syria and Iraq.

Operation Rolling Thunder aims to weaken terror group’s operational capacity, remove remaining fighters plotting attacks, ...

A dispute over the electoral system and donor fatigue could unravel a decades-old state-building project, writes Omar S Mahmood.

The number of people in Somalia experiencing crisis-levels of food insecurity has nearly doubled in the past year to 6.5 million people, UN-backed experts have warned.

For east African neighbours Kenya and Somalia, the effects of climate change are worlds apart, with one country suffering drought and the other deadly flooding. On the outskirts of Baidoa, southern ...

Analysts say China's five-year plan suggests layered security, and PLA training to protect diplomats, nationals and assets from terror hits Living in container houses under the constant shadow of ...

But previous mooted border openings have failed, and fears of Al-Shabab attacks remain.Somalia' s efforts to open the country took another step forward when President William Ruto of neighboring Kenya ...

Africa's regional governance bodies on Saturday rejected Israel's recognition of Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland as an independent nation, a day earlier. Somaliland, a territory of more than ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — African leaders meeting in Uganda on Friday called for more peacekeepers for Somalia to defend against the extremist al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militant group that has been wreaking ...

The commander of the African Union stabilization mission in Somalia, Sam Kavuma, visited the town of Mubarak to assess the combat readiness of joint forces following the recent expulsion of Islamist ...

Somalia is a hidden gem shining like a diamond. The Kenya Center for the Jamaica-based Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Center—Eastern Africa is championing resilience, academic ...