The helicopter pilot is worried. But their hold is shaky and the helicopter -- one of the few in the SNA fleet and showing its age -- is a tempting target for the insurgents just a few miles away.

BOSSASO, Somalia Sept 14 (UNHCR) - Civil war was raging in Somalia when Fatima Mohamed, then just 12 years old, and her older sister fled Mogadishu and travelled north to safety in Yemen. The two ...

Months after putting an end to what he called a "forever war" in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden is reversing his predecessor's decision to also pull back forces from Somalia, signaling an ...

Since resuming military activity inside Somalia earlier this year, the Biden Administration has ramped up the pace of airstrikes in the Horn of Africa country in recent weeks. Since June 3, the US has ...

MOGADISHU, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Somali government troops and opposition supporters - including some soldiers - exchanged gunfire in Mogadishu on Friday in street clashes that broke out during a protest ...

On May 15, Somalia completed its election process, selecting Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the new president. Sheikh previously served as president of Somalia from 2012 until 2017 and defeated the ...

You are invited you to a webinar – “What Can Humanitarians Learn from the Response to Somalia’s Worst Drought in Four Decades?” – on Tuesday, 29 April, 9:00-10:00am EST (15:00 CEST/16:00 EAT). Please ...

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Nearly a third of Somalia's parliamentary seats will be reserved for female lawmakers in an election next month, the prime minister said, a measure long demanded by women's rights campaigners in the ...