“I used to take the lives of 50 acacia trees per day,” said Ali, a resident and a former charcoal businessman in the small town of Dhahar in northern Somalia. He was not just chopping down big ...

The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to authorize the African Union to maintain its peacekeeping operation in Somalia until the end of the year UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. Security ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — An explosion and gunfire rocked a hotel by the beach in Somalia’s capital city of Mogadishu, and security forces rushed to the scene, authorities and witnesses said Friday ...

The American military has been carrying out a continuous military campaign in Somalia since the 2000s, launching nearly 300 drone strikes and commando raids over the past 17 years. In one April ...

Security forces in Somalia's southern city of Kismayo have seized hundreds of Islamic face veils from female residents, the city's police chief says. Warsame Ahmed Gelle told state TV that ...

MOGADISHU, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Somalia's cabinet approved a bill on Thursday that, if confirmed by parliament, will revert the country's election system to universal suffrage for the first time in ...

Turkey's foreign minister says Ethiopia and Somalia have made “notable progress” in efforts to settle a dispute sparked by Ethiopia’s deal with the breakaway region of Somaliland ANKARA ...

Doha: The final statement of the Somali Diaspora Conference hosted by Doha, on harnessing the capabilities of Somalis in diaspora for the prosperity and revival of Somalia, called for reinforcing ...

The foreign ministers of Somalia and Ethiopia will meet in Ankara next week to discuss disagreements over a port deal Addis Ababa signed with the breakaway region of Somaliland earlier this year ...

The Turkish parliament approved a Presidential motion to deploy the military in Somalia for two years to support security against terrorism and other threats under the Türkiye-Somalia defense ...