Somalia

GENEVA — In a joint operation funded by the United States, the U.N. migration and refugee agencies have repatriated 134 Somali refugees from war-torn Yemen. A refugee boat carrying 73 men and women and 61 children left the Yemeni port of Aden on Monday and is...

The two countries are bound by a fraternity of faith and humanity Top political leadership in Somalia has expressed gratitude to the rulers of the UAE for their unstinted humanitarian efforts aimed at alleviating suffering in the African nation. A high-level delegation visiting Abu Dhabi...

Islamic State militants have claimed responsibility for an explosion in the Somali town of Bosaso on Tuesday, the fourth attack claimed by the group in two years. Witnesses said a man pushing explosives hidden on a wheelbarrow approached the central police station of the commercial...

ADDIS ABABA, (Xinhua) -- Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Monday called on the international community to unite against Al-Shabab and its brutality. The president made the remarks during his short briefing to journalists upon his arrival to Addis Ababa on Monday. He said the worst...

Muslim leaders in the Washington area have condemned the recent terrorist attack in Mogadishu that killed nearly 400 people and injured 228. Imams and diplomats expressed shock and horror at Friday prayers. Imams, Somali community leaders, the ambassadors of two African nations, a representative from...

By ASAD HUSSEINOCT. 21, 2017 NAIROBI, Kenya — One evening in August, I climbed onto a dusty old truck in the Dadaab refugee camp in the eastern Kenyan desert, about 50 miles from the border with Somalia. A tarpaulin in the truck bed covered the...

SOMALIA'S president is expected to announce a "state of war" against the al-Shabab extremist group after last week's truck bombing which killed 358 people in Mogadishu. The United States is expected to play a supporting role in the new offensive planned by President Mohamed Abdullahi...

Addis Ababa, October 20, 2017 (FBC) –Ethiopia has provided medical supplies for victims of the recent terrorist attack occurred in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. A plan carrying the medical supplies reached at Mogadishu airport early today. The international communities, including Djibouti, Kenya, Qatar and Turkey,...

WASHINGTON — The newly Turkish-built military base in Mogadishu was the original target of Saturday’s deadly truck bomb, a senior Somali intelligence official told VOA Somali. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, says all the intelligence reports received before this attack -- and information...

By Jason Burke Security personnel say they have detained key member of cell behind attack that has killed at least 320 people Security officials in Somalia say a key member of the cell that launched a devastating attack on Mogadishu has told them that al-Shabaab, a...