November 09, 2022
Somalia: Somali-American Women Score Wins in U.S. Midterm Elections
At least seven Somali-American women won races in Tuesday's U.S. midterm elections, results show. Read more »
Somalia: Military Liberates Key Town, Villages From Al-Shabab Militants
Somalia's military says it has liberated more territory from al-Shabab, including a strategic town that had been under the group's control for 15 years. Read more »
November 07, 2022
Somalia: Telecommunications Center, Tower Destroyed in Explosion
Somalia's largest telecommunications company, Hormuud Telecom, says one of its centers and a telecommunications tower have been destroyed in an explosion in Qaayib, a village in… Read more »
Somalia: Somali Military Repels Al-Shabab Attack On Army Base
Somalia's military says it has repulsed an attack by al-Shabab militants on a military base in the country's central Galgaduud region. Read more »
November 06, 2022
Somalia: Somali Government Says 21 Al-Shabab Militants Killed
The Somali government Sunday said its elite soldiers have killed 21 al-Shabab militants and wounding 10 others in an operation in the country's lower Shabelle region. Read more »
November 04, 2022
Somalia: Somali Military Reports 100 Аl-Shabab Militants Killed
Somalia's military says its latest offensive against al-Shabab in the central part of the country Thursday killed more 100 of the extremist group's militants. Witnesses report… Read more »
November 05, 2022
Somalia: Suicide Bomb Blast in Somali Capital Kills Several People
A suicide bomber targeted a military training facility Saturday evening in the southern part of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, killing or wounding several people. Read more »
November 02, 2022
East Africa: Militants Carjack Ambulance, Abduct Patient, Paramedics On Kenya-Somalia Border
A Kenyan official says suspected al-Shabab militants have carjacked an ambulance in the country's northeast and abducted four people - the driver, two paramedics, and a patient -… Read more »
Somalia: Somalia Scrambles to Avert Famine
Somali authorities are scrambling to avert famine from a record drought that has affected nearly eight million Somalis, or half the population. The largest city in Somalia's South… Read more »
November 01, 2022
Somalia: U.S. Targets Smugglers Supplying Islamic State in Somalia
The United States is trying to curb the flow of weapons to the Islamic State terror group's affiliate in Somalia, taking aim at a smuggling operation that is also helping to arm… Read more »
Somalia: Death Toll Rises to 121 in Al-Shabaab Attacks
The death toll from two al-Shabab bombings in Mogadishu has risen to 121, Somalia's Health Minister Dr. Ali Haji Adam, said Tuesday. Read more »
Somalia: Govt Promises U.S.$1 Million to Support Victims of Saturday's Bombings
Somalia's government has promised support for victims of the twin bombings in the capital Saturday that killed at least 100 people and injured close to 300 others. Saturday's… Read more »
October 29, 2022
Somalia: First Responders Injured in Somalia Double-Bombing
A journalist was among those killed, and media workers and first responders were injured in a double car bombing Saturday in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. Read more »
October 30, 2022
Somalia: At Least 100 Killed in Mogadishu Bombing, President Says
There has been huge increase in death toll from the two successive car bombings in Somalia Saturday. Read more »
October 26, 2022
Somalia: Two ISIS Militants Executed in Mogadishu
Somali officials on Wednesday executed two ISIS militants convicted for carrying out assassinations on behalf of the al-Shabab terrorist group, marking the second execution of… Read more »
October 25, 2022
Somalia: U.S. Targets Al-Shabaab in Somalia Airstrike, Killing 2
A U.S. military airstrike has targeted al-Shabab terrorists who were attacking Somali National Army forces, killing two, according to U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM). Read more »
Somalia: Death Toll Climbs to 11 Following Al-Shabaab Hotel Attack
The siege at the Tawakal hotel marked al-Shabab's second major attack in Somalia this month amid an offensive against the group by the Somali National Army and allied militia in… Read more »
October 23, 2022
Somalia: Govt Forces End Al-Shabaab Hotel Siege
Somali security forces say they have ended a seven-hourlong siege on a popular hotel in the coastal town of Kismayo. Read more »
October 22, 2022
Somalia: UN Food Agency Warns Somalia Near Full-Blown Famine
The World Food Program warned Friday it is only a matter of time before Somalia is hit with a full-blown famine and people start dying in droves. Read more »
October 21, 2022
Somalia: Somalia On Brink of Unprecedented Crisis As Famine Looms - WHO
The World Health Organization says hundreds of thousands of people in drought-stricken Somalia may die unless the international community acts urgently to prevent the country from… Read more »
October 19, 2022
Somalia: Al-Shabaab Attacks Key Bridges, Kills At Least 21 People
At least 21 people were killed in two separate bombings in the central Hirshabelle state of Somalia, officials said. Read more »
Somalia: Media Advocate Arrested Two Days After Bail Is Granted
Two days after a court freed Abdalle Ahmed Mumin on bail, the Somali Journalists Syndicate secretary general is back in custody. Read more »
October 17, 2022
Somalia: Regional Governor Puts Bounty On Al-Shabaab Chiefs
A governor in central Somalia has announced rewards of up to $25,000 for anyone who kills an Islamist militant with the al-Shabab terrorist group. Read more »
October 16, 2022
Somalia: Somali Journalists Chief Out On Bail After Appearance Before Mogadishu Court
Somali veteran journalist Abdalle Ahmed Mumin is out on bail after being arrested last week on security-related charges. Read more »
October 13, 2022
Somalia: Somali Survivor Tells Tale of Greek Migrant Shipwreck
A failed engine and high waves were to blame for the fatal shipwreck that killed at least 18 Europe-bound migrants off the coast of Greece last week, one survivor tells VOA. Read more »