A Somalian refugee, who continued receiving nearly £39,000 in benefits after returning to his homeland because he missed the sunshine, has been jailed for fifteen months. (more…)

The head of the US Africa Command on Thursday ordered a new investigation of claims that US troops massacred 10 civilians in an August raid on a farm in central Somalia. (more…)

PENTAGON — The United States is suspending aid for much of Somalia’s armed forces over corruption concerns, U.S. officials confirmed to VOA on Thursday. (more…)

A suicide bomber has killed at least 18 police officers during a parade at a training centre in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. (more…)

At least 10 people were killed in a suicide blast at a police academy in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, officials said. (more…)

Residents walk at the scene of a blast on October 29, 2017, a day after two car bombs exploded in Mogadishu, Somalia. A Somali television journalist was killed in front of his children on December 11, 2017 by a bomb planted under the driver's seat of his car. (more…)

This photo taken on October 15, 2017 shows Somali soldiers patrolling the scene of the explosion of a truck bomb in the centre of Mogadishu. A UN reports says Al-Shabaab has been responsible for 2,723 civilian casualties in the last 22 months, while Amisom is responsible for 4,585 civilian casualties....

Aamin Ambulance, the Somali capital’s first and only free private ambulance service has received a sum of $32,966 from a fund raiser started by a national resident in Sweden. (more…)

The United Nations says more than 4,500 civilians have been killed or wounded in the conflict in Somalia since the start of 2016.

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Ninety-two Somali citizens were flown out of the United States under orders of deportation on Thursday, but their plane never made it to Somalia. (more…)