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Senior leaders of Somalia's opposition coalition held an urgent closed-door meeting on Monday evening at the private ...
Joint forces comprising the Somali National Army (SNA) and African Union troops, particularly from the Ugandan contingent, ...
As Fartun Hashi Warsame serves cardamom-spiced tea at her shop, she often overhears worried chatter about the al-Shabaab ...
Somalia's Deputy Prime Minister, Salah Ahmed Jama, on Tuesday said insecurity remains a major obstacle to the progress and empowerment of the country's youth.Speaking at an event in Mogadishu to mark ...
Somali National Army, in collaboration with Uganda People's Defence Forces, liberated strategic Bariire town in Lower ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Camels have long been the backbone of Somalia 's pastoralist culture, feeding families, transporting ...
In a small garage in Mogadishu, Somalia, Ubah Mohamud leans over a motorcycle engine, her hands steady and sure. She is ...
Somalia officially has its own currency, the Somali Shilling. But the government has been so dysfunctional that none have been officially printed in Mogadishu since civil war broke out in 1991.
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia's president says at least 100 people were killed in Saturday's two car bombings at a busy junction in the capital and the toll could rise in the country's deadliest ...
A general view shows the scene of two car bomb explosions in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Oct. 29, 2022. Abukar Mohamed Muhudin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images ...
Somali authorities have spent years working to restore the national stadium in Mogadishu, and on Dec. 29 Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre inaugurated the national soccer tournament.
Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, is one of the most dangerous cities in the world. And yet, NPR's Jason Beaubien reports, there are reasons for optimism as an emerging middle class makes its mark on ...