Muhammad Billal, 18, from Nelson, researched ‘accessible shooting ranges’ and the purchase of ‘chest rigs’ designed to hold ...

Somalia's Minister of Defence, Ahmed Moalim Fiqi, met on Wednesday with the newly appointed British ambassador to Somalia, Charles Nicholas King, at the Ministry of Defence headquarters in Mogadishu, ...

Shabaab has reasserted its dominance in the Hiiran region in central Somalia. The Al Qaeda branch’s takeover of the towns of ...

A teenage Islamic extremist has pleaded guilty to planning a terrorist gun attack. Muhammad Billal, 18, was arrested on 11 ...

Ex-minister Abdirahman Aynte said the party will confront systemic injustice, and dismantle entrenched corruption.

The Somali flag is once again flying permanently in Dar es Salaam's Msasani Peninsula, and the new energy inside the refurbished embassy compound is impossible to miss.Staff offices that had stood ...

Five Ugandan soldiers were killed when a military helicopter serving the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia crashed Wednesday at the capital's airport.

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Somalia's defense ministry said officials were investigating an explosion at a military training school ...

As unfortunate as it is for the locals or Americans who travel to such risky areas, Al-Shabaab is a regional African problem, ...

Somalia’s federal government declared a state of emergency in October after extreme weather exacerbated by El Niño destroyed homes, roads, and bridges. An El Niño is a natural, ...

Baidoa, surrounded by Al-Shabab militants, is at the heart of Somalia's worst drought in 40 years. Aid groups warn of impending famine. "The needs are overwhelming," says a UNICEF specialist.

Somalia's defense ministry is investigating an explosion at a military training school in Mogadishu that has been claimed by ...