MOGADISHU -- Somalia and the United Nations on Wednesday launched a major innovation challenge to seek ideas from young Somalis on improving the living conditions of people in internally displaced persons (IDPs) communities.
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Over the past 25 years, Somalia has experienced a cycle of protracted droughts, culminating in the most recent one in 2016 and 2017, when rains failed for three seasons in a row. (more…)

Four-year-old Faylow is one of the 160,000 children treated for severe malnutrition by UNICEF in Somalia in 2017. Photo: UNICEF Somalia-Makundi (more…)

(Nairobi) – Somali security forces using bulldozers have demolished dozens of informal settlements in Mogadishu since late December 2017, leaving thousands homeless. (more…)

Addis Ababa - Drone strikes by the United States military are "wiping out" Shabaab militants in Somalia, the head of the African Union mission in the country told AFP in an interview on Friday (more…)

President Donald Trump in a new letter to African leaders says he "deeply respects" the people of Africa and that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will make an "extended visit" to the continent in March, his first in that role. (more…)

The music video went up on December 22. It's got all the ingredients to go viral: a catchy beat, smooth vocals and easy-to-copy dance moves. (more…)

MOGADISHU, -- The Somali government confirmed Wednesday its security forces rescued 35 children who had been taken as recruits by the Islamist militant group, Al-Shabaab. (more…)

Two planes were Thursday grounded at the Wilson Airport over claims of engaging in illegal activities. (more…)

U.S. Special Forces and Somali troops killed five people, some of whom were children, during a raid last week on a school run by the terrorist militia Al-Shabab, the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) confirmed to Newsweek on Wednesday. (more…)