According to the president of Somalia, two vehicle explosions occurred on Saturday in the country’s capital, Mogadishu, leaving at least 100 people dead and 300 injured. The data were released by Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Sunday, along with a warning that “the number of both the dead and wounded continues to climb.” The capital’s busy Zobe intersection was the target of the... 

Extensive disruptions in the movement of food and a massive global famine were only a theory a decade ago. Now, the unthinkable is slowly unfolding and puts the poorest and most vulnerable at risk. During a United Nations (UN) food security meeting on June 24, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned of a “global hunger crisis.” He also mentioned the “real risk” of “multiple famines”... 

The Somalian parliament is considering a bill that would allow child marriage once a girl’s sexual organs mature. The new Sexual Intercourse Related Crimes Bill would allow forced marriage as long as the family gives their consent. It marks a dramatic reworking of years of efforts to give more protections to women in one of the world’s most conservative countries. The bill ‘would... 

9 years ago, Somalia shocked the world with a state-of-the-art helicopter! Best in the world… ever! Now again in 2019 we’re shocked by a new powerful tank. Somalia has launched its first “military style vehicle”—built out of scrap by a local mechanic in Mogadishu and “inspired by the war on terror,” has made its appearance, according to a report in the Africanews service. The... 

The claim by hundreds of thousands of Somalis that they are being “persecuted” in their country and must therefore have “asylum” in white countries has been proven to be utterly bogus with the news that the United Nations is busy shipping Somalis back home—to safety and security. According to a new report by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia, following several months of confinement... 

US and Somali forces have conducted a joint operation against the Islamist group al-Shabaab, destroying a major training camp and command outpost days after a deadly attack on a military base in northern Somalia. The compound was located near Sakow, in the Middle Juba region in southern Somalia where al-Shabaab is known to operate. “On June 11, at approximately 2 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, the... 

Photo shows African Union soldiers walking in a region south of the capital, Mogadishu, Somalia. The African Union (AU)’s Peace and Security Council has proposed to dispatch 5,000 peacekeepers to Burundi amid the deadly violence that has killed hundreds in the country. According to an unnamed diplomat, the decision was made late Thursday. Burundi says a peacekeeping mission is not needed. “We have... 

Al-Shabab militants in Somalia. Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab militants have attacked an African Union (AU) base in Janale district, near Mogadishu. The militants reportedly rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the base before storming the compound on Tuesday. The AU says its forces managed to fend off the attack. The AU force in Somalia, known as AMISOM, said AU troops were in control of... 

Somali army soldiers stand around the body of a killed al-Shabab militant on July 10, 2015 following an attack on a hotel in Mogadishu. African Union (AU) forces have launched a fresh offensive against al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab militants in southern Somalia, vowing to flush out the terrorists. AU’s mission in Somalia, AMISOM, announced in a statement that “Operation Jubba Corridor” begun... 

Photo taken on September 12, 2012 shows the Jazeera hotel in Mogadishu as AMISOM (African Union Mission in Somalia) forces stand guard after a bomb exploded while newly elected Somali president Hasan Sheikh Mahmud was staying. At least 11 people have been killed and 17 others wounded in three bomb blasts that hit the Somali capital Mogadishu. The attacks were carried out late on Wednesday near Jazeera... 

US forces carried out two major operations in Africa on Saturday, targeting an al-Shabaab leader in Somalia in connection with the recent Nairobi mall siege and nabbing an Al-Qaeda leader in Libya wanted for the 1998 bombings of US embassies. A US Navy SEAL team approached a seaside house in the Somali town of Baraawe before sunrise in hopes of targeting an Al-Qaeda linked suspect. The operation,... 

Somalia’s al-Shabab militant group has threatened to increase its deadly attacks against Kenya, days after they killed tens of people at a mall in the Kenyan capital. The al-Shabab fighters vowed to transform Kenyan cities and towns into what they call grave yards, on Wednesday. “We will strike Kenyans where it hurts the most, turn their cities into graveyards and rivers of blood will flow... 

New Somali members of parliament during the swearing in ceremony at Aden Ade international airport in Mogadishu, Somalia, on August 20, 2012 Somalia’s new parliament has been sworn in for the first time after over 20 years as the war-torn country tries to end decades of conflict. Late on Monday, some 250 lawmakers were sworn in by the chief justice on copies of the Holy Qur’an in front... 

Kenyan troops patrol in Somalia. Kenyan troops have killed 73 al-Shabab militants in southern Somalia and seized 40 guns as Kenyan troops and African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces intensify their military offensive against the insurgents. The spokesman for the Kenyan Defense Forces (KDF), Major Emmanuel Chirchir, said two Kenyan soldiers were also killed in the battle, which occurred in... 

Two US drone attacks have killed at least 39 people near the Somali capital, Mogadishu. At least 39 people have been killed in two US drone attacks in Somalia, the latest of Washington’s non-UN-sanctioned airstrikes in other countries, Press TV reports. The attacks occurred on Friday when two US drone pounded al-Shabab’s Harweyne training base in Elasha Biyaha, the group’s stronghold on the...