Somali forces have finally ended yet another long hotel siege in Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu, almost twenty four hours after it began. The siege, which was upon the Villa Rays Hotel just meters ...

The African Union soldiers with whom we’d thrown in our lot a few hours earlier were shocked to learn we actually planned to head back into the city of Mogadishu, abandoning the relative safety of ...

A kaleidoscopic hail of tracer fire swept across the alley — green, red, orange — casting a neon glow on the darkened streets of Mogadishu. Shell casings showered down from helicopters as Spc. Arthur ...

Aug 24 (Reuters) - Somali gunmen disguised in army uniforms stormed the Huna hotel, popular with government officials, on Tuesday, killing dozens of people. Hardline al Shabaab Islamists linked to al ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Fueled by the high-volume music and fast-talking rappers, the Somali crowd danced, shouted and sang. Mogadishu’s first music festival in decades acted as another step in ...

Amid opposition boycotts, people in Mogadishu vote in the city’s first direct local polls since 1969. Residents of Somalia’s ...

With the 20-year War in Afghanistan over, Somalia has become the next major front in the United States’ ongoing Global War on Terror. Since the start of 2023, the U ...

For the first time in decades, Somalia is abandoning its clan-based political system and allowing residents of Mogadishu to choose local representatives directly under the "one-person, one-vote" ...

Residents of Somalia's capital Mogadishu voted on Thursday (December 25) in municipal elections meant to pave the way for the ...

To the European Union and its member states, the European Commission, the government of the United States, the African Union, and the Arab League. 108 The year 2007 brought little respite to hundreds ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has called Somali immigrants living in the United States “garbage” and wants them to leave.