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With three weeks to the elections, Jubaland has seen heightened political temperatures as political leaders and former army chiefs battle the end of Sheikh Ahmed Madobe’s eight-year reign. (more…)

Abdi-Mahad Osamon, who hails from Somalia, finally earned the right to work in the UK after a five-year struggle (more…)

FILE - Mayor Abdirahman Omar Osman is pictured in Mogadishu, Somalia. The mayor died Aug. 1 of injuries suffered in a suicide bombing July 24. (more…)

Abdirahman Omar Osman was a naturalised Briton who once worked as a council housing manager in London. (more…)

January 15 attack on Kenyan hotel complex by al-Shabab-linked gunmen killed 21 people and wounded many others. (more…)

MOGADISHU -- The UN has called on the youth to help advance peace and political progress in Somalia. (more…)

MOGADISHU -- The African Union on Tuesday condemned the attack by al-Shabab militants on its peacekeeping troops in Somalia that resulted in the death of six Burundian soldiers outside Mogadishu on Saturday. (more…)

New York : When a small car bomb exploded outside a courthouse in the bustling port city of Bosaso in northern Somalia, local news reports chalked it up to Islamist militants retaliating for US air strikes. At least eight people were wounded, and a local affiliate of Daesh claimed responsibility....

The deadly blast happened at a busy security checkpoint near the city's airport, according to officials. (more…)

When I heard about the death of Hodan Nalayeh, I didn’t know just how much of an impact it would have on me. (more…)