Somalia

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...

Somalia is still on the verge of famine, says Peter de Clercq, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia. About seven million people still depend on humanitarian aid. DW: A looming famine could be averted in the past few months, but you say that the country is...

Paris, France | AFP | A massive truck bomb in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Saturday killed at least 276 people and left 300 injured. Following are five questions about the attack, the bloodiest in the country’s long history of violence and instability. – What...

BY JOHN HALTIWANGER President Donald Trump, who's famous for his restless Twitter fingers, hasn't said a thing about Saturday's horrific terrorist attack in Somalia. At least 300 people were killed and roughly 300 more injured in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, by two devastating car bombs. The Somali government has blamed the incident—which represents the...

Maryam Abdullahi Gedi, who was among more than 300 people killed in attack, had been due to graduate this week On Saturday morning, Maryam Abdullahi Gedi made breakfast for her family, packed her books and laptop and set out across Mogadishu, the battered capital of...

Somalis reacted to a devastating bomb attack on Saturday by marching to demonstrate their anger at the presence of al-Shabab. The militants have been blamed for the attack, but no group has yet said it was behind the blast. The president donated blood at a hospital...

‘Why is no one talking about’ the terrorist attack in Somalia? Twin explosions in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu that claimed at least 263 lives has been compared to terror attacks in the UK to highlight the “shameful” contrast in public interest in African tragedies. In what is...

Horndiplomat-Somalia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs official accused Somaliland on the continuous terror attacks in Mogadishu. Ali Abdi Hoshow, the head of the Press & Public Relations at the Ministry said on his official tweet that Somaliland is behind the terror attacks in Mogadishu citing...

MOGADISHU, Somalia—The death toll from a truck bomb in Somalia’s capital has risen to 53, security and medical sources said Sunday. More than 60 others were injured, authorities said, as hospitals struggled to cope with the high number of casualties. Some residents of the city called...

Somalia’s al Shabaab militants took over a town close to the capital Mogadishu on Saturday, officials said, after government troops withdrew from the area. Bariire, in Lower Shabelle, is about 50 km (30 miles) from Mogadishu. In late August 10 Somalis - including three children...