The U.S. conducted an airstrike against Islamic State militants in Somalia, the first such military operation since President ...

Clans are still a key arbiter of many aspects of Somali life and identity, and they have played a significant role in politics. At the same time, growing use of the internet and mobile phones is ...

Kenya defence forces engage Al Shabaab militants in Somalia-file photo It is the scourge of the Somalis that different clans cannot live peacefully together even when sharing the same tormenting ...

BALADWEYNE, Somalia – Somali government held a funeral for six Somali ... Since then, elders from both the Hawadle and Abgal clans have been in talks to resolve the tensions sparked by the killing of ...

If you multiply this number by all the Somali clans and sub-clans, roughly 10,000 students graduate every two years from these indoctrination camps across the country. But the clans are now resisting.

The Somali government is working to mediate between the affected clans, with Director Sanbaloolshe particularly seeking the cooperation of Hawadle elders to ensure the soldiers' bodies are ...

Somalia is located in the northeastern section of Africa known as the Horn of Africa. It occupies a land area of approximately 637,600 square kilometers (185,655 square nautical miles), which is ...

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It is “a simple-minded stereotype,” he complained. “This a fight among Somali clans,” who form the country’s traditional power centers. “That is how it has been for centuries,” he affirmed, and “this ...

A Puntland court earlier this week indicted Mohamed Yaqub Siyad in absentia for “spreading pro-ISIS propaganda”. The… Sii ...