Somali PM, foreign diplomats and Jubaland leader visit flood victims
KISMAYO, Somalia - The prime minister of Somalia is in flood-hit Jubaland state to assess the situation on the ground and appeal for urgent...
US military it captured Somali pirates attempted to hijack Israel-bound ship
WASHINGTON - The United States military said it captured Somali pirates, who tried to seize a cargo ship bound for Israel, two days ago...
Somali PM urges people in Jubaland state to join war on Al-Shabaab
KISMAYO, Somalia - The Prime Minister of Somalia, Hamsa Abdi Barre urged the people of Jubaland to take up arms in order to liberate...
Amir receives credentials of ambassadors of Oman, Brazil and Somalia
DOHA, Qatar: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received the credentials of three new ambassadors to the country in his office...
Puntland president appoints a committee tasked with electoral dispute
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The president of the Puntland Said Abdullahi Deni has appointed a committee tasked with the Negotiation of the ongoing Electoral Affairs.
The...
Somalia: Six militants killed in army assault on Al-Shabaab bases
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Somali government forces along with local clan militia known as Ma'wisley have killed Al-Shabaab members in the east of the...
UN bolsters funding as Somalia grapples with severe flooding crisis
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The United Nations humanitarian agency said Monday it has provided 5 million U.S. dollars in additional funding to help address the...
Somali military court slaps police with death sentence for civilian killing
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A Police officer was arrested for the murder of a civilian in Mogadishu, the Somalia capital, and faced first-degree charges at...
U.S. Navy Rescues Ship From Pirate Attack in Gulf of Aden
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Navy intervened to stop the hijacking of a commercial cargo ship by pirates in the Gulf of Aden near Somalia...
At least 1 killed, houses torched by al-Shabab militants in coastal Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya - At least one person was killed and several houses were burnt in a raid on two villages in Kenya's coastal Lamu...















