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Over 84,000 people affected by Somalia floods since mid-April: UN

Nairobi, Kenya—More than 84,000 people have been affected by flash floods in Somalia since mid-April, the United Nations said Tuesday, leaving at least 17 people...

Horn of Africa floods displace more than two million

Mogadishu, Somalia - More than two million people across the Horn of Africa have been forced from their homes by torrential rains and floods,...

Eight killed in clashes in Somalia’s Puntland region

Mogadishu, Somalia - At least eight people were killed on Tuesday in gunbattles outside parliament in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland between local security forces...

Somalia to introduce direct universal suffrage in 2024

Mogadishu, Somalia - Somalia's government and federal member states said Sunday that direct universal suffrage would be introduced with local elections set for June 2024. The...

US conducts strike near site of Shabaab attack in Somalia

The United States conducted an airstrike that destroyed stolen Al-Shabaab weapons and equipment in Somalia near an African Union military base that was attacked...

UN chief Guterres in Somalia anew

MOGADISHU—UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Mogadishu on Tuesday to kick off a brief visit to Somalia, a country scarred by protracted armed conflict...

Ten civilians killed in jihadist attack in Mogadishu

Al-Shabaab fighters attacked a house in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, killing ten civilians, the government said. The raid took place around 1200 GMT in...

Nine killed in central Somalia car bombings

At least nine people were killed and several others wounded in simultaneous car bomb attacks in a town in central Somalia on Wednesday, security...

UN: Aid, support stave off Somalia famine for now

Geneva—Humanitarian aid and support from local communities have helped avert a dreaded famine declaration in Somalia this year, but the situation remains “catastrophic,” the...

Four dead in hotel siege in Somali capital

Mogadishu—At least four people were killed in an ongoing attack by Al-Shabaab militants who laid siege to a popular hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu...

Somalia twin bombings: Death toll at 100, over 300 wounded

The number of people killed in an attack on Saturday at a busy intersection in the Somali capital Mogadishu has risen to 100, President...

Too weak to cry: Famine looms over Somalia’s children

As flies buzz over his tiny body, two-year-old Sadak Ibrahim barely whimpers, too weak to cry or shoo them away – a heartbreaking glimpse...

Al-Shabaab fighters kill at least 19 Somali civilians in night raid

Mogadishu—Fighters from the Islamist insurgent group Al-Shabaab have killed at least 19 civilians in a night-time attack in central Somalia, clan chiefs and local...

Somalis await fate of relatives as 30-hour hotel siege ends

Somalis anxiously waited to know the fate of their missing relatives on Sunday as emergency workers attempted to clear debris after a deadly 30-hour...
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