Al-Shabaab has significantly increased its attacks in Mogadishu, with explosions in the Somali capital occurring on an almost daily basis in the past two months, the United Nations secretary-general said in a report issued on Wednesday. (more…)

It was strange, maybe a tad scary, definitely part of the weird fabric of city life. (more…)

The blast, claimed by al-Shabab, took place near a checkpoint in the Somali capital. (more…)

 A US court has found that a former Uber driver living in Virginia committed acts of torture during Somalia's civil war in the late 1980s. (more…)

For over a decade, a dozen states and multilateral organizations have invested considerable time, effort, equipment, and hundreds of millions of dollars to build an effective Somali National Army (SNA). So far, they’ve failed. (more…)

CONCORD, N.H. – Lawyers representing an asylum-seeker from Somalia who's been detained for over 2 ½ years without a bond hearing say he's been released. (more…)

Eastleigh - In a restaurant in Eastleigh, a noisy Nairobi suburb, Shariff Omar, a Kenyan Somali, reaches for a brown folder. (more…)

MOGADISHU -- A senior leader of militant group al-Shabab surrendered to Somali government forces on Saturday, an official said on Sunday. (more…)

A man who pleaded guilty to pulling a gunon a group of young Somalis inside a McDonald's in a Minneapolis suburb has been sentenced. (more…)

Introduction Like most clashes between clan militias and al-Shabaab the recent battle (Thursday, 02 May) in the village of Abal (aka Yabaal) appears to failed to attract much serious attention from either local or international observers. At first glance, this should not come as a surprise. Such clashes are not...