American airstrikes over the course of eight days helped Somalia’s military retake an important town from militants.

An American raid on Friday saw U.S. troops capture Abdiweli Mohamed Yusuf, the chief money man for ISIS in Somalia since 2019 ...

Aid group Save the Children said last month that the closure of hundreds of health clinics in Somalia this year due to ...

Recent clashes in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Jubaland region are alarming experts, exposing cracks in the country’s federal ...

It’s true that what the U.S. has been trying for decades has yielded very limited returns. But it is equally true that ...

As Fartun Hashi Warsame serves cardamom-spiced tea at her shop, she often overhears worried chatter about the al-Shabaab militants closing in on Mogadishu.

This is the first time all three surviving former presidents have publicly united in criticism, signaling deep institutional ...

In its first known airstrike under President Trump’s second term, the U.S. targeted a senior ISIS planner in Somalia's remote ...

One of their most powerful tools is Suugaanta, a form of traditional poetry and storytelling. In Somali culture, women have ...

In May, Somalia elected a new president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who also held the role from 2012 to 2017. Since returning to office, he has made pushing back Al Shabab a top priority.

Somalia has suffered droughts throughout its history, Chinyama with UNICEF says, but now they are more frequent. "So, for example, now in 2022, we have a drought. The last one was in 2017," he says.