Somali army kills 3 al-Shabab militants

MOGADISHU-- Somali national forces, backed by Jubbaland state army, on Thursday killed three al-Shabab militants in an operation in Lower Juba region in southern Somalia, a military official said on Friday. (more…)

4 Killed in Mogadishu Suicide Blast

Witnesses and medical services in the Somali capital say at least four people were killed and 15 others injured by a suicide car bomb Wednesday in the center of Mogadishu. (more…)

Stopping Somalia’s pirates by building a fishing industry

At the peak of the problem, in 2011, there were 237 incidents of piracy off Somalia and the Gulf of Aden (the sea separating Somalia and Yemen), accounting for more than half of all such incidents worldwide. The pirates would often hold shipping crews hostage for ransom. Somali piracy cost...