The Somali government last week relaunched a national identification and voter registration programme that, if completed, would mark a step towards a return to universal suffrage.

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud held a closed-door meeting with the leaders of the Galmudug, Hirshabelle, and South West regional states to discuss the deteriorating security situation and the ...

According to the agency, the operation was carried out as part of the Somali authorities' efforts to clear areas recently liberated from terrorists ...

The US and Somalia have carried out an airstrike against Islamist militants during a battle for control of a strategic ...

Joint US-Somalia air strikes and combat killed dozens of Al-Shabaab jihadists attacking a key town and a military base and ...

Somali and US forces carried out an air strike on an area under attack from the Al-Shabaab Islamist group and killed 12 ...

Six residents and three soldiers said al Shabaab seized the town of Adan Yabaal, which lies around 245 km (150 miles) north ...

The Somalia-based militant group al-Shabab has attacked a strategic town that serves as a major base for government troops.

Al Shabaab fighters captured a strategic town in central Somalia, raising concerns about their increasing influence. Despite ...

Al Shabaab fighters attacked a town in central Somalia on Wednesday that government forces have been using as a staging area ...

MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Al Shabaab fighters captured a town in central Somalia on Wednesday that government forces had been ...

Al Shabaab fighters attacked Adan Yabaal, a strategic town in central Somalia, sparking a fierce battle with government ...