Somali government

The US military conducted an airstrike against Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Shabaab jihadists in Somalia on Tuesday, the first since President Joe Biden took office, the Pentagon said. The US military command for Africa (Africom), in…

On Sunday, an estimated 30 people died as Somalia's Islamist al Shabaab group launched an attack in a town in the country's semi-autonomous state of Galmudug, a security official said. The insurgents used car bombs in the assault on a…

In a village, southern Somalia, more than 61 Al-Shabaab militants and foreign nationals were killed in an explosion. The national army said in a statement on Tuesday. The blast went off inside a house at Ala-Futow village, located some…

Somalia in a recent statement declared that it was restoring diplomatic relations with neighbouring Kenya almost six months after severing ties, accusing Nairobi of meddling in politics. Relations between the countries have also been…

Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo on Saturday reopened talks to hold elections as soon as possible, a move welcomed by the opposition and raising the spectre of further deadly violence. In a short speech to MPs, broadcast…