Mogadishu

Journalists in Somalia and around the world have condemned the killing of Abdiwali Ali Hassan an outspoken journalist critical of the government near the Somali capital, Mogadishu.The Somali Journalists' Syndicate says unidentified gunmen targeted Mr Hassan in Afgoye town...

The current leaders of Somalia and the breakaway territory of Somaliland have met for the first time in the latest diplomatic effort by Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister.Somali presidential spokesman Abdinur Mohamed confirmed Tuesday’s meeting, saying it was...

A firing squad has executed two men in north-eastern Somalia for raping and killing 12-year-old girl, Aisha Ilyaas Aden.Aisha was abducted by two men in February, 2019, she was later gang raped and killed near her home by her...

Jubaland state security minister, Abdirashid Hassan Abdi Nur also known as Janan has escaped from police detention in Mogadishu, according to the Somalia's deputy police commissioner.Mr Nur who had been held in a detention facility in the capital Mogadishu...

One of the most senior foreign fighters with Somali militant group al-Shabaab says he has defected and is now in Mogadishu with the Somali government.Zubair al-Muhajir traveled from London to join the group in 2006.  He rose through the...

At least two people were killed and more than 20 others wounded when a suicide car bomber targeted a construction site along a highway outside Somalia’s capital, police said Saturday.Six Turkish nationals were among the wounded, with two in...

At least 4 people were killed, including deputy secretary of Somalia parliament, after a car loaded with explosives exploded in the capital Mogadishu, reports from Arlaadi News also says that at least 15 others were injured in the attack.The...

The United States military said it killed four "terrorists" in airstrikes against the al-Shabaab militant group in Somalia on Sunday, a day after the country's deadliest attack in two years.US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted three airstrikes in two locations...

A car bomb exploded at a busy security checkpoint in Somalia’s capital Saturday morning, killing over 30 people, a government spokesman said. It was one of the deadliest attacks in Mogadishu in recent memory.The toll was likely to rise...

Five heavily armed al Shabaab extremist rebels who attacked a popular hotel near the presidential palace in Somalia's capital Tuesday were killed by security forces in a shootout that spread to the heavily fortified government complex, police said.At least...