The Somali National Army (SNA) said its special forces unit killed 70 Shabab militants and injured several others on Thursday near Jowhar, a town in the Middle Shabelle region. (more…)

On May 29, a day set aside to celebrate and honour peacekeepers deployed around the world to help various missions implement their mandated activities, the men and women of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) were hard at work. In Mogadishu and in all its areas of responsibility, AMISOM...

More than one million people register to cast their vote in parliamentary and local elections in the breakaway Somalia region. (more…)

Somalia is one of the most complex and protracted humanitarian crises in the world. Recurrent climatic shocks, particularly drought and floods, conflict and the additional impact of COVID-19 is pushing Somali children and their families to the brink. (more…)

Police and the military in Kenya are on high alert following intelligence reports that Al-Shabaab is planning a deadly attack in Kenya. (more…)

Somalia's political leaders have agreed a way forward to choose a new president after months of delay and an eruption of violence in the capital, Mogadishu. (more…)

A Fridley couple is facing felony charges of wrongfully obtaining public assistance after investigators discovered the couple had deposited over $1 million into their bank accounts during the same time period they received assistance. (more…)

The body of Somali-American businessman Bashir Mohamed Mohamud, who went missing last Thursday, has been found in Mwea, Kirinyaga County. (more…)

Mohamud Bashir Mohammed, the Somali-American who is missing since Thursday last week is reportedly on the radar of security agencies over alleged terror financing links, sources within the security apparatus now say. (more…)

* Bashir, 36, is a Somali-American construction engineer working in the country.* He is said to be one of the contractors on a government project in Kisumu last year. (more…)