Somali jihadists Al-Shabaab have claimed killing lawmaker Osman Elmi Boqore in Mogadishu on Saturday evening. (more…)

An official in Burundi says the withdrawal of 1 000 Burundian soldiers from the African Union regional force in Somalia has begun. (more…)

Somali Deputy Attorney General was shot dead by two armed men while driving a car in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, officials said late Wednesday. (more…)

MOGADISHU -- Somalia and the UN have launched the UN Secretary-General's Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) to help support the country's peace building with focus on State-building projects. (more…)

MOGADISHU-- Somali National Army (SNA) killed a senior al-Shabab commander in an operation in Bakol region in southwestern Somalia, officials said on Sunday. (more…)

Somali ambassador to Kenya Mohamoud Ahmed Nur alias Tarzan arrived at Mogadishu’s Aden Abdulle International Airport early Sunday, media reported. (more…)

NAIROBI -- Kenya has recalled its ambassador to Somalia after the Mogadishu government’s decision to auction oil and gas exploration blocks at the centre of a maritime territorial dispute in the Indian Ocean, the foreign ministry said. (more…)

MOGADISHU-- African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) military commanders have agreed on implementation of the transition plan that will guide their operations in the Horn of Africa nation. (more…)

MOGADISHU- East Africa grouping on Friday welcomed the African Union's call for cancelling Somalia's debt towards the pan African body's member states. (more…)

"When are you getting married?" That's the question Somalis Safa and Ladan get constantly asked by their relatives. (more…)