Members of Somalia's al-Shabab militant group parade during a demonstration to announce their integration with al-Qaeda in Elasha town, south of the capital Mogadishu, on February 13, 2012. The Al-Qaeda-allied al-Shabab militant group is suspected of having killed at least 30 Kenyan civilians since Kenya’s government sent troops into southern Somalia to fight against the militants, Press TV reports. Kenyan... 

President of the Somali Red Crescent Society has expressed gratitude to Iran for Tehran’s significant contribution of humanitarian aid to the famine-stricken African nation, Press TV reports. “[We are here] to express our appreciation and thanks to the Iranian Red Crescent for the assistance they have provided for the Somali people,” Ahmad Mohammad Hassan told Press TV after a meeting with... 

Kenyan military soldiers Kenyan fighter jets have bombarded a civilian refugee camp in southern Somalia, killing and wounding dozens of people, Press TV reports. The airstrikes targeted the civilian refugee camp in Gedo region of Ceel Ade village on Friday afternoon, a Press TV correspondent reported on Saturday. Mohamed Abdi Kalil, the head of Gedo region, confirmed the attacks and the casualties. Kenya... 

American Predator drone firing two Hellfire missiles. Local fighters say they have shot down a suspected United States operated aerial vehicle in the south of Somalia near the capital, Mogadishu. Press TV reported. Al-Shabaab fighters say the drone crashed into the sea after it was hit near the lower Shabelle region in Merka town, located south of the capital. The fighters say six other drones have... 

A Somali government soldier maintains order as internally displaced women and their children wait for treatment at a feeding and treatment center in Mogadishu on August 26, 2011. Twenty-one civilians have been killed and 59 others injured in attacks by men disguised as Somali troops and armed bandits in Mogadishu. Armed men wearing uniforms of Somali Transitional Federal Government soldiers killed... 

United Nations health officials have warned of serious cholera outbreaks in various regions of the already famine-stricken Somalia. The World Health Organization (WHO) says some 4,272 cases of acute watery diarrhea have been recorded in the capital Mogadishu so far this year. The agency says more than 180 people have already fallen victim to the disease in Mogadishu and surrounding areas and that... 

A 7-month-old severely malnourished Somalia child undergoes treatment at the Hagadera refugee camp in Dadaab, near the Kenya-Somalia border, July 30, 2011. Iran’s Red Crescent Society (IRCS) will dispatch a 120-ton humanitarian aid convoy to Somalia to help the impoverished people in the crisis-hit East African country. IRCS Secretary General Zaher Rostami said the convoy consists of tents, food,... 

American Predator drone firing a Hellfire missile. The US military is reportedly making use of remote-controlled unmanned aerial vehicles in Somalia in order to conduct targeted killings in the Horn of Africa nation. An unnamed senior US military official said on Wednesday that the United States carried out a drone attack in Somalia last week, The Washington Post reported. The drone strike reportedly... 

Somalis carry a civilian wounded by mortar shrapnel during clashes between al-Shabab fighters and government troops, as he arrives at the Medina hospital in Mogadishu. 46 Others Wounded as Govt, AU Capture ‘Part’ of Bakara Market. The Bakara market is not a great place to buy vegetables. Mogadishu’s largest market has for years been a popular battleground for the African Union troops... 

Stains of blood cover a hallway inside the Hotel Muna in Mogadishu A medical official says at least eight people have died in fighting in Somalia’s capital. Ali Muse, the head of the city’s ambulance service, said at least another 18 people were wounded. The fighting took place Sunday between pro-government forces and Islamist militants. Somalia has seen a spike in fighting over the last... 

Somalia's Al-Shabaab militia. Al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam extremists on Sunday, 19 September 2010, forcibly looted two independent radio stations, HornAfrik and Global Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), in Mogadishu. The two Radio stations are an independent radio and televisions based in the capital. Some of HornAfrik staff says armed militia from the Al-Shabaab broke into the premises of the radio... 

A suicide bomber blew himself up at the gates of the presidential palace in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday, wounding two soldiers in the latest attack on the Somali capital by al Qaeda-linked rebels, police said. The bomber, armed with an automatic rifle, tried to jump onto an armored vehicle in a convoy of African Union peacekeepers driving into the palace grounds, police spokesman Osman... 

Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed Somalia’s national security minister and at least 24 other people were killed in a suicide attack Thursday in western Somalia, and an extremist Islamic group with alleged links to al-Qaida claimed responsibility. President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed accused al-Qaida of being behind the bombing, which also killed a senior Somali diplomat. He did not offer any evidence, but... 

Somali pirates do not randomly attack vessels in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean; they rather select their targets via the help of a London-based consultant group. “Well-placed informers” constantly update control centers in Somalia, which ultimately give the pirates information about ships, their cargo and their routes, the Guardian reported citing a European military intelligence document...