Somalia

The much-awaited Somalia presidential vote has once again been delayed. The polls are now slated for January, once the election of new lawmakers and senators is completed. The vote had been set for Wednesday, but the official said it likely will be on January 24...

WASHINGTON — Somali farmers say al-Shabab is targeting them and stealing their livestock. Farmers in the Jubbaland and Galmudug regions said al-Shabab militants are systematically confiscating livestock from certain clans. The group is accused of driving clans they view as hostile to their administration into poverty. For...

The UN envoy for Somalia has expressed concern over renewed violence between rival states in the central Somali town of Galkayo, which killed at least three people and injured several others on Friday. In a statement issued on Sunday, Michael Keating, Special Representative of the...

Somalia is threatening to re-impose a ban on miraa from Kenya in what it accuses Nairobi of disregarding an agreement to resume direct flights with Mogadishu. Mogadishu claims it agreed to lift the ban back in September because Kenya had agreed to allow direct flights...

Mogadishu 21 December 2016 – AMISOM is finalizing plans to hand over Somali National University, which has been under its control for more than half a decade, to the Federal Government. The Burundi AMISOM military contingent, has been using the university as its command headquarters...

Somalia's political leaders on Tuesday called on aid agencies, the international community and donor countries to respond to what they described as “a very alarming drought situation." During an emergency meeting in Mogadishu, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said the drought situation in Somalia in...

Seven more candidates have been voted into the House of the People to represent Somaliland and northern regions in the latest round of voting, bringing to 26 the total number of members of parliament (MPs) thus far elected from that part of the country. Six...

Until recently, when Somalia made worldwide headlines, it was usually because of piracy. Somali pirates have become infamous for hijacking ships, holding their crew and cargo hostage, and collecting millions in ransom as they disrupt international shipping and trade. Somalia's  The country has been in...

Peacekeepers were reportedly involved in two fatal incidents at the weekend. A Somali government official claimed that African Union peacekeepers based in the country killed 11 civilians in two separate incidents over the weekend. The African Union has more than 20,000 troops stationed in Somalia in...

Heavily armed al-Shabab fighters in pickup trucks moved into Somalia's Mahaday district in the Middle Shabelle region early Saturday, killing two government soldiers before voluntarily withdrawing, residents and officials said. The militants attacked about 4 a.m. local time, seizing a police station and administrative offices,...