Somalia

Uganda says on Saturday it would mediate between Somalia and the breakaway region of Somaliland to facilitate reunification after a more than three-decade split. President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda agreed to take up the role after a…

A truck bomb exploded at a checkpoint in the central Somali town of Beledweyne on Saturday, killing at least 10 people and obliterating nearby buildings, a police officer said. It was not immediately clear who was responsible but the…

Somalia's minister of youth and sports suspended the chairwoman of the country's athletics federation and is set to initiate legal action after a female sprinter took more than 21 seconds to complete the 100 metres event at the World…

Kenya said on Wednesday it was postponing the reopening of its border with Somalia after recent attacks on its soil attributed to terrorists. Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki announced that the phased reopening of Mandera, Lamu, and…

Burundian troops with the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) celebrated their country's 61st Independence Day in Mogadishu and Jowhar. The events in both cities were attended by high-ranking officials including ATMIS and…

Somalia has launched an overhaul of its political system, with an agreement signed between the government and the federated states providing for the introduction of direct universal suffrage from 2024 and the transition to a presidential…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it has dispatched the first 12 metric tons of health and nutrition supplies to flood victims in southern Somalia. READ ALSO:Nigeria Lauds UNICEF’s Supports to Newborn Care The UN agency…

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres began a brief visit to Somalia in Mogadishu. Mr Guterres was greeted on arrival at the Somali capital's airport by Foreign Minister Abshir Omar Huruse, according to images posted on Twitter by the…

The United States say is increasing its military assistance to Somalia as the country sees success in battling what the U.S. calls "the largest and deadliest terrorists network in the world." Sixty-one tons of weapons and ammunition…

Three people died and eight others were injured when a helicopter operated by the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia crashed on Saturday in the country's Lower Shabelle region, the mission said in a statement on Sunday. In the…