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MOGADISHU — Four civilians and a soldier were killed when heavily-armed Somali militants attacked an army base north of the capital, military sources and witnesses said on Thursday. (more…)

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Intelligence officials in Somalia say an airstrike conducted by the U.S. military in the country’s south killed a senior extremist of the al-Shabab rebel group. (more…)

Twelve-year-old Shukri Abdi drowned in June in the River Irwell in Bury, Lancashire (more…)

MOGADISHU-- The UN food agency said northeastern parts of Somalia experienced extreme weather in the past two days as a tropical storm made landfall. (more…)

Uganda suffers deadly landslides as tropical storm heading for the Somali coast raises fears of new floods. (more…)

Somali officials were surprised to hear Qatar dignitaries speaking unkindly about Turkey and suggesting that the government of Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed should wind down their cooperation with Ankara and throw all their efforts into a bolder relationship with Qatar. (more…)

WASHINGTON - Ten years ago on December 3, a suicide bomber attacked a graduation ceremony at Shamo Hotel, one of Mogadishu’s main hotels. (more…)

LONDON - Millions of people in southern and eastern Africa are facing emergency food insecurity partly caused by climate change, half of them children, according to the charity Save the Children. (more…)

MOGADISHU-- The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has reiterated its commitment to ensuring that Somalia holds peaceful parliamentary and presidential elections in 2020/2021. (more…)

Dr. Anisa Ibrahim, who came to the United States as a child refugee, this fall became medical director of a pediatric clinic in Seattle, Washington. (more…)