Ethiopian troops for the first time quit some of their bases in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on 13 January, locals told IRIN.

Thousands of families displaced in recent fighting in central Somalia are in dire need of food and water, according to the Elman Human Rights Organisation (EHRO), based in Mogadishu.

Somalia's fractured interim government and a weak opposition faction it inked a peace deal with late last year are becoming increasingly at odds with each other, as violence rages in different parts ...

With Somali refugees continuing to flood into Kenya for relief from violence and drought, the United Nations emergency relief fund has targeted five million dollars to cover gaps in their nutritional ...