Somalia President Mohamed Farmajo returns to Mogadishu to face the problem of whether to turn the capital into a federal state. (more…)
Police looking for Somali national over terror suspicion
Police are looking for a Somali national who flew to the country on September 24 after he had been released from a Mogadishu jail in unclear circumstances. (more…)
Kenya school collapse: 7 dead, scores wounded in Nairobi
Rescue efforts ongoing as classroom collapse in Kenyan capital, Nairobi, kills at least 7 students, medics say. At least seven students have been killed and scores wounded after a classroom collapsed in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, according to emergency services. (more…)
Al-Shabab Attack Kills 20 Somali Soldiers
At least 20 Somali government soldiers were killed and 18 others were wounded when al-Shabab raided a military base south of Mogadishu, security sources told VOA Somali. (more…)
Africa major crime target- Interpol
Interpol has warned the East African Police Chiefs Co-operation Organisation to brace for terrorism, money laundering, carjacking, drug and human trafficking, smuggling of weapons, poaching and piracy. (more…)
Somalia: About 5,000 Sufi fighters join army
For 10 years, Sufi fighters have fought al-Shabab and managed to retake the group's strongholds in the windswept plains of central Somalia. (more…)
2 killed, 4 injured in central Mogadishu car bombing
MOGADISHU— At least two people were killed and four others injured on Wednesday evening in a car bomb blast in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, police and witnesses said. (more…)
Two insurgents killed in US strike on al-Shabaab in Somalia
U.S. Africa Command announced Tuesday that two suspected al-Shabaab militants were killed by a U.S. airstrike in the country's Lower Juba province after attacking a Somali government patrol. (more…)
Somalia: Al-Shabab Attacks Kill 17
The al-Shabab militant group launched a series of attacks since Saturday that led to the death of at least 17 people in Somalia. (more…)
More aid urged to address displacement in Somalia
MOGADISHU -- The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) on Tuesday called on donors to increase emergency humanitarian assistance to help avert further displacements in Somalia. (more…)