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The US military conducted an airstrike in Somalia on Monday after a Somali-led force and its accompanying US military advisers were attacked by Al-Shabaab militants. (more…)

Unless you write about U.S. foreign policy for a living, it’s unlikely you can name all of the countries the U.S. is currently bombing. There are so many that there are periodic explainer articles on this very subject. That’s not about to change. (more…)

Somali officials and relatives have confirmed that a member of the Somali prime minister’s staff was among the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash on Sunday. (more…)

North London community believes police cannot protect teenagers against county lines gangs. (more…)

MOGADISHU-- The United Nations communications group in Somalia on Friday saluted Somali women for their robust contribution to peace-building, reconciliation and the promotion of gender equality in their country. (more…)

The group claimed responsibility for the blast in a heavily guarded area of Mogadishu near the presidential palace. (more…)

Four people were killed and nine wounded when a car bomb exploded near a restaurant in central Mogadishu on Thursday, March 7, police said, as the Al-Shabaab jihadist group claimed responsibility (more…)

Donald Trump has said Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s latest controversial comments about the US-Israel relationship represent a “dark day” for the Middle East country. (more…)

Ethiopia’s prime minister, Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday, accompanied his Somalian counterpart Mohamed Farmaajo to the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, where the former will lead efforts to restore diplomatic relations between the two countries. (more…)

MOGADISHU— Somali security forces have arrested three al-Shabab militants in the Amniyat, al-Shabab’s intelligence wing in an operation in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, officials said on Sunday evening. (more…)