Ilhan Omar's father, Nur Omar Mohamed, committed war crimes as a military officer in Somalia before immigrating to the U.S.

By the end of March 2025, the Trump administration already launched at least 16 air and drone strikes inside Somalia. In comparison, the Biden administration only launched 10 strikes in 2024.

Security forces in Somalia say they killed all six attackers who laid siege to a hotel in the central town of Beledweyne and later killed at least 50 al-Shabab militants in airstrikes. Speaking to ...

Al-Shabab gunmen have stormed and laid siege to a hotel in central Somalia as government officials and tribal elders met to discuss action against the outfit. The armed group claimed responsibility ...

Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland has rejected an attempt by the central government to give the US exclusive control ...

Somalia's Al-Shabaab jihadist militia shows signs of resurgence after making gains in strategic regions and coming close to ...

After its battlefield defeat, it’s unclear if the Islamic State in Somalia retains the ability to extort money from the ...

The Trump administration and Israel approached the governments of Sudan and Somalia, and have also been interested in Syria, ...

Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch for East Africa, has mounted considerable attacks over the last few weeks in Somalia’s Middle Shabelle and Hiraan regions just north of Mogadishu. The group’s offensive is ...

The territory, which declared independence in 1991 as Somalia descended into civil war, says the facilities are not Mogadishu's to give away. In a letter to US President Donald Trump, seen by ...