Somalia News
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9 dead, 47 wounded in attack on Somalia hotel
Nine people were killed and 47 wounded Sunday in an attack on a hotel in Kismayo, southern Somalia, claimed by...
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One million people displaced by drought in Somalia: U.N.
A historic drought in Somalia has now displaced one million people and left the country in the shadow of famine,...
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'The Gravedigger's Wife': Somali story wins Africa's top film prize
A little more than one month after it won the Amplify Voices Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, The...
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Gunmen attack hotel in Somali capital
Militant Islamists in Somalia have been involved in a gun battle with security forces at a hotel on the capital,...
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Somali hotel rises again following al Shabaab bombing
An ex-minister in Somalia whose hotel was damaged in a bomb attack by the Islamist group al Shabaab says he's...
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Somalia hotel massacre death toll rises to 11
Ten civilians and one police officer were killed in a gun and bomb attack by Al-Shabaab fighters on an upscale...
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Somalia's army chief survives suicide bombing
Somalia's army chief, Standard Odowa Yusuf Rage, on Monday survived a good suicide bomb assault that was claimed by the...
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Air strike kills al-Shabab commander in Somalia
An oxygen strike in Somalia has killed a senior commander of militant Islamist group al-Shabab, state radio reports.The US issued...
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Five killed in hotel attack in Somali capital: police
Five people were killed in a jihadist attack on a hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, police said Wednesday, adding that...
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UN adopts resolution renewing authorization for Somalia anti-piracy measures
United Nations Security Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted Resolution 2500 renewing the authorization for Somalia anti-piracy measures to December of...
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US airstrike in Somalia kills 52 al-Shabab extremists
The U.S. military on Saturday said it had carried out its deadliest airstrike in Somalia in months, killing 52 al-Shabab...
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Security Council regrets Somalia's expulsion of UN envoy
The UN Security Council is expressing regret at Somalia's decision to expel a U.N. envoy who questioned the arrest of...
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Car bombs kill 39 in Somalia
The number of people killed when suicide bombers and gunmen struck a popular hotel in Somalia's capital has risen to...
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At least 11 dead in suicide bombing in Somalia's Baidoa
A suicide bomber detonated in the middle of a restaurant in the Somali town of Baidoa and a grenade struck...