Filsan Abdullahi Ahmed is a former Minister of Women, Children, and Youth. She was appointed to the position on March 12, 2020, becoming the youngest member ...

The map below, using USAID data released by U.S. Office of Foreign Assistance, shows the countries where USAID spent most ...

Forces from Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region have captured swathes of territory from Islamic State during a ...

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia has pledged a strong offensive against ISIS militants entrenched in the Al-Miskaad Mountains in the Bari region, according to a statement released after a ...

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 ...

In December the government began work on a spaceport in Somalia, a project that has been projected to cost $350m. Space is a ...

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 ...

Over the weekend, the U.S. military conducted air strikes against the so-called “Islamic State” (ISIS) in Somalia. U.S. aircraft struck ISIS positions in the Golis mountains, in the northwest ...

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Bosaso, Somalia — A senior commander of the Islamic State's Somalia wing was captured on Monday, according to police and state media. The arrest comes just two days after U.S. airstrikes ...

FLOWER MOUND, Texas — Ilhan Omar has responded after a North Texas Congressman called for the Minnesota congresswoman’s deportation back to her home country of Somalia. U.S. Rep. Brandon Gill ...

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