Somalia's government Saturday sent stern warnings to businesses and individuals that pay extortion money to al-Shabab, saying ...

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud declared a "total war" against the al-Qaida-linked militants shortly after being ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The chief of Somalia's military court, Hassan Ali Nur Shute, revealed on Tuesday that human rights ...

BARDHERE, Somalia - A fierce battle erupted Wednesday in Bardhere, in Somalia's Gedo region, where forces of Jubaland and the Somali federal government engaged in heavy combat, resulting in the deaths ...

Somalia's Minister of Defense, Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur, hosted a meeting with James Swan, the Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, at the Ministry of Defense ...

A senior commander of Islamic State's Somalia wing was captured on Monday, police and state media said, two days after the IS leadership was targeted with U.S. airstrikes and as security forces ...

The group funds its activities through extortion, smuggling, and illicit taxation, particularly in some coastal areas where ...

For almost a month, security forces in the semi-autonomous Somali region of Puntland have been advancing on the mountainous ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s president issued a decree Friday giving him emergency powers to restore order in a coca-growing region bordering Venezuela that has been wracked in recent ...

Minnesota is home to the largest Somali community in the United States, but for many Somali refugees finding stability and employment has been a struggle. So Mariam Mohamed, a Somali woman living ...