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

The new constitution extends the presidential term from the current four years to five years. It also stipulates that the ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — In a city long defined by conflict, Somalia ’s capital of Mogadishu now echoes with the crash of pins at the country's first modern bowling alley. It's the latest sign of revival ...

Somali minister tells Al Jazeera Israeli base plans in Somaliland risk dragging Somalia into ‘external confrontations’.

MOGADISHU, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) backed by international partners killed 22 al-Shabab terrorists during two separate operations carried out in ...

Somali authorities have detained members of the Public Guards and hotel security personnel following a shooting incident that erupted at Hotel Dayax in the Waaberi district of Mogadishu, police ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Residents of Somalia’s capital are set to vote Thursday in a controversial local election that marks the country’s first-ever one-person, one-vote poll since 1969. Analysts say it ...

Somalia's parliament has backed constitutional changes that could extend the president's term in office by a year and push ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Mogadishu’s first line of defense against the next militant attack on Somalia ’s capital ranges from machine gunners in pick-up trucks to young men in plainclothes manning ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Suspected Al-Shabab militant detonated a car bomb near local government offices in Somalia’s capital city, Mogadishu on Sunday morning, killing at least 6 people, Garowe Online ...

Angry demonstrators protesting a sharp rise in fuel prices blocked Maka Al-Mukarrama Road in central Mogadishu on Tuesday.Motorcycle taxi drivers, locally known as bajaj drivers, led the protest, ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Legendary Wabeeri Band singer Omar Abdulle Osman alias Shooli has died in a Mogadishu hospital, reports indicate, in yet another setback to the Somali music industry which is ...