Kenya, Somalia in dispute over violent port city
5 days ago
Speaking at the African Union summit in Ethiopia last month, Somalia's president accused Kenyan forces in Kismayo of mistreating a committee he sent to the town to initiate negotiations.
Drone crashes in Somalia's Puntland region
18 days ago
The U.S. also flies drones that occasionally fire at Somalia's Islamic extremist rebels in south and central Somalia.
In Somalia, some parents say no to polio vaccine
18 days ago
They warn that it is important for every child to get the polio vaccine in order to eradicate in Somalia the disease that causes limb paralysis and can be fatal.
Violence in Somalia scares investors, aid workers
27 days ago
A spate of attacks by Islamic insurgents in Somalia's capital is forcing investors, businessmen and aid workers to have second thoughts about expanding operations in Mogadishu.
Polio cases found in Kenya and Somalia, WHO says
28 days ago
The World Health Organization says the Horn of Africa is experiencing an outbreak of polio with cases confirmed in Kenya and Somalia.
Mystical branch of Islam has resurgence in Somalia
34 days ago
Al-Shabab, a group of al-Qaida-linked militants that seeks to instill an ultra-conservative brand of Islam across Somalia, controlled Mogadishu from roughly 2007 to 2011.
Correction: Somalia-Famine Deaths story
44 days ago
When asked about the report, Somalia Health Minister Maryan Qasim Ahmed said she didn't want to comment until she read it because of questions she had about the accuracy of the figures.
London hosts Somalia meeting to aid post-war gains
44 days ago
Britain and Somalia on Tuesday co-host a donors' conference to win support for the Mogadishu government as it leaves behind two decades of conflict.
'Off the charts': 133k Somalia famine child deaths
48 days ago
The first in-depth scientific study of famine deaths in Somalia in 2011 was released Thursday.
Somalia asks US to grant immunity for former PM
110 days ago
McLEAN, Va. -- Somalia's newly recognized government is asking the State Department to grant immunity to a former prime minister who was found responsible in a U.S. court for human-rights abuses.
