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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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

MOGADISHU -- The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) on Tuesday called on donors to increase emergency humanitarian assistance to help avert further displacements in Somalia.
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It’s the upset everyone has been talking about. The highest-ranked team in the first round of African preliminaries beaten by the lowest, as Somalia earned their first-ever FIFA World Cup™ qualifying win. (more…)

MOGADISHU, -- Female soldiers serving in the Kenyan contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have launched an initiative to support families affected by drought in southern region, the AU mission said on Sunday. (more…)