Somalia

The World Bank said Thursday it has approved a total of 100 million U.S. dollars to help improve healthcare services in Somalia. The project, which seeks to improve healthcare services is financed by a 75-million-dollar grant from the…

ABOARD US MILITARY AIRCRAFT - The United States is again targeting fighters with the al-Qaida-affiliated al-Shabab terror group in Somalia, launching its second airstrike in the past four days following a nearly six-month hiatus that began…

Somali terrorist group al-Shabab has threatened to attack electoral delegates who will be choosing lawmakers in parliamentary elections beginning next week. The Islamist militant group has threatened to disrupt the upcoming presidential…

Somali commandos coming under attack from the al-Shabab terror group got some help from above, for the first time in months, in the form of a U.S. airstrike. The Pentagon late Tuesday confirmed U.S. forces were behind the single strike…

The Union of Presidential Candidates called for a special meeting on the upcoming elections, raising concerns about the exercise, just days before the country heads to the much-anticipated election. The electoral team issued a statement…

The Somali National Army (SNA) said Monday that its elite Danab forces killed 15 Shabab militants and injured several others in the country's southern Lower Juba region. "Our forces killed 15 Shabab militants, injured others and…

Somalia says its lucrative fishing resources will be completely shielded from looters once a new law comes into force, and which will provide uniform regulation in all parts of the country. A draft law by the Ministry of Fisheries and…

Security forces retook a key town in Somalia's central Mudug region from al-Shabab terrorists on Sunday, officials said. "The Gorgor commandos of the national army today attacked al-Shabab terrorists in the Qodqod area of Mudug region,…

Ra’iisulwasaaraha dalka Itoobiya Abiy Ahmed ayaa qoraal uu goor dhaw shaaciyey xaafiiskiisa lagu sheegay in ay ka shaqeynayso dawladdiisu sidii xidida loogu siibi lahaa TPLF, oo uu ku eedeeyey in ay yihiin Cancer ay tahay in laga ciribtiro…

The return journey from military base to national football stadium has been a long one for the Mogadishu Stadium and the Somali FA. On Friday the stadium was full to capacity for the first time since 2004. The SFA only took control of the…

South Korea is to airlift all troops of the anti-piracy Cheonghae unit from the coast of Somalia after six people on board a destroyer tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The country's defense ministry said Friday that Seoul will…

The date set for Somalia's parliamentary election has been revised by Somalia's Federal Indirect Elections Team (FIET) ahead of the country's presidential elections which is slated for October 10 this year. According to the timetable,…