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.

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

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

Somali security forces have ended a deadly 24-hour siege by Islamist fighters who stormed a popular hotel in the central city of Beledweyne, authorities said. The attack by al-Shabab began with a ...

Kenyan President William Ruto signed a proclamation to officially abolish arduous identification card vetting requirements ...

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 ...

Somaliland offered the US military access to a strategic seaport and airfield in exchange for steps toward sovereignty.