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Fishermen go about their business in Watamu, Kilifi County, in 2013. Two Tanzanians died during a fishing expedition in Watamu, in coastal Kenya. Tanzanian brothers drown while fishing at Kenyan coast (more…)

MOGADISHU-- Two senior members of the al-Shabab militant group on Wednesday surrendered to Somali government forces in the southern region of Gedo, a military official said. (more…)

Kenya was last evening miffed about Somalia’s reported filing of a complaint at the UN aviation agency claiming Nairobi had violated Mogadishu’s airspace, though the aircraft in question belonged to the Horn of Africa country. (more…)

Twenty-six years ago, U.S. Forces from Task Force Ranger set out to capture the Somali warlord Mohammed Farah Aideed in the Somali city of Mogadishu. (more…)

The United States Embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia, has reopened after being closed for 28 years, officials said Wednesday. (more…)

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somalia's Islamic extremist rebels on Monday launched two attacks on U.S. and European military targets, officials said. (more…)

Somalia President Mohamed Farmajo returns to Mogadishu to face the problem of whether to turn the capital into a federal state. (more…)

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…)

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…)

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…)