Al-Shabab gunmen have attacked the Naso-Hablod hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu taking hostages and killing at least seven people,…
A new propaganda video released by the Somali Islamist group al-Shabab features Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump. The video shows…
Somalia's government has decided to ban Christmas celebration in the country, warning that such Christian festivities could threaten the nation's…
Kenyan fighter jets have targeted al-Shabab camps in neighboring Somalia in response to Garissa University attack. The warplanes had bombed…
Five suspects have been detained in Kenya over the al-Shabab attack on Garissa University campus on April 2 which left…
At least 147 people have been killed in an attack by al-Shabab Islamist militants on Garissa University campus in north-eastern…
Masked gunmen have stormed Kenya’s Garissa University College near the Somali border, killing at least two people and injuring about…
Ahmed Abdi Godane, the leader of the Somali Islamist group al-Shabab, was killed following a US attack earlier this week,…
A Muslim woman has been killed by militant Islamists in Somalia for refusing to wear a veil, her relatives say.…
Two deadly shootings have been reported in Kenya's coastal district of Lamu, the scene of several attacks claimed by Islamic…
At least 15 people have been killed in a new attack by Somalia's Islamist militants near Mpeketoni in Kenya. Local…
Somalia's presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu has been attack by a huge car bomb. The bomb has blown a…
At least eight people have been killed after two car bombs have exploded outside Jazeera hotel in the Somali capital…
Tropical Cyclone 03A that hit Somalia's north-eastern Puntland region at the weekend has killed at least 140 people, and the…
Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) is closing all its programmes in Somalia after 22 years working in…
Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, a top Islamist in Somalia, has arrived in the capital Mogadishu amid reports of a split…
A new report by the UN food agency and the US-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network has found that nearly…
The Supreme Court in Somalia has freed journalist Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim, who was imprisoned for interviewing a woman who alleged…
France’s President Francois Hollande has ordered security stepped up around public buildings and transport because of military operations in Africa.…
A French soldier has been killed in Somalia during a failed operation to free hostage Denis Allex who is also…
The first Somali government and African Union (AU) troops are reported to have entered the strategic Somali port of Kismayo,…
Six Somali civilians have been shot dead by a Kenyan soldier advancing towards the al-Shabab stronghold of Kismayo, the Kenyan…
Members of Somalia's Olympic committee and Football Federation heads are among seven people killed in a suicide blast at Mogadishu’s…
The EU has agreed to expand its mission against Somali pirates, by allowing military forces to attack land targets as…
Kenya kidnapping UPDATES. Judith Tebbutt is searched by UK Special Forces. A British tourist was murdered and his wife…