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One of Somalia's most prominent journalists is among at least a dozen people killed in bomb attacks in the capital Mogadishu, reports say. (more…)

With local fishermen in Somalia struggling to compete with foreign boats that are ravaging fishing stocks, the government has granted 31 fishing licenses to China. Somali president, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has given fishing rights to foreigners for the first time since he became president last year. The China Overseas Fisheries...

ROME: Italian police said on Monday they had arrested a 20-year-old Somali man suspected of having been a member of Islamic State and who had threatened to bomb churches in Italy, including St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. (more…)

STUTTGART, Germany — A flurry of U.S. airstrikes killed 62 militants over a two-day span in Somalia, U.S. Africa Command said Monday. (more…)

The arrest of the former No 2 leader of the al-Shabaab extremist group, who has been a leading candidate for a regional presidency. (more…)

BARCELONA — Conflict and disaster in Somalia have sparked massive internal displacement to make Mogadishu the most crowded city in Africa, leading to calls for emergency aid to the Somali capital to address land management and shelter issues. (more…)

Seven civilians were killed and five were wounded in a new car bomb at a busy market in Mogadishu. The explosion occurred after security forces stopped a suspicious vehicle at the market in the south of the city. (more…)

Fighters of armed group storm religious centre in Galkayo city, killing controversial scholar and 14 others. (more…)

NAIROBI, Kenya — Somalia was hit by two violent attacks Monday, one killing an Islamic cleric and 17 of his followers for playing music and a second killing at least six people in a car bomb blast in the capital, Mogadishu, police said. (more…)

Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmaajo, Somali president has been holding high-level meetings with the Italian government since arriving for a three-day official visit. (more…)