Despite recent comments by the prime minister that the country may withdraw its troops from Somalia, Ethiopia has a vested interest in Somalia's success, writes William Loyd George ... Read more »

The Inter-governmental Authority on Development has visited officials in Mogadishu and Kismayu over Jubbaland's controversial elections that left two men claiming the presidency. Read more »

Tension has risen in Kismayo after two separate group of elders declared the Ras Kamboni militia leader, Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Islam Madobe and former Defence Minister Barre Adam ... Read more »

Several federal government troops have died and others injured in landmine attacks near the Ministry of Defence's offices in Mogadishu. Read more »

The European Union has pledged U.S.$58 million aimed at improving Somalia's legal system and national security. Read more »

Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on a government convoy in Mogadishu that killed at least ten people and injured several more. Read more »

With events in the past year suggesting change could be afoot, the time is ripe for renewed attention on Ethiopia-Eritrea relations, writes Jason Mosley for ThinkAfrica Press. Read more »

The government has launched the Pentavalent vaccine which is  a new five-in-one-vaccine against several potentially fatal childhood diseases which could save thousands of ... Read more »

A Somali journalist was shot to death outside his home in Mogadishu by unknown gunmen, becoming the fourth journalist killed in his country this year, officials said. Read more »

The prime minister has announced a U.S. $50,000 reward for information leading to the successful conviction of the person who killed a journalist. Read more »