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Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) says it killed a senior Al-Shabaab figure responsible for procuring weapons and explosive materials in a targeted operation carried out in southern Somalia.

The Ugandan Peoples' Defense Forces (UPDF) troops serving under the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), alongside the Somalia National Army (SNA), have announced the capture of the strate...

More than 4,800 people were newly displaced in Somalia during the week of 21–25 February 2026, with drought emerging as the primary driver of population movement, according to the latest humanitarian monitoring report.

The new law extends the term in office for lawmakers and the president, pushing back planned elections for a year.

Somali armed forces and Ugandan troops serving under the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia on Monday recaptured two towns in southern Somalia described as "strongholds and safe havens" for Al Shabaab terroris...

Key issues being discussed are upcoming elections, constitutional reforms, security, ongoing drought and the country's unity.

Kenya's border with Somalia will re-open in April almost 15 years after it shut because of attacks by Islamist militant group al-Shabab, President William Ruto has announced.

The MOU comes as Somalia seeks regional support against Israel’s recognition of the breakaway region of Somaliland.

United States forces have delivered military equipment, including heavy weapons, to the Somali National Army in the Middle Shabelle region, Somalia’s defence ministry said on Tuesday.

Scuffles and shouting broke out Wednesday during a joint session of Somalia’s parliament after the speaker attempted to advance proposed constitutional amendments that opposition lawmakers said would extend parliament’s...

Somalia's government said on Monday it is annulling all agreements with the United Arab Emirates, including port deals and defence and security cooperation, accusing the UAE of undermining its national sovereignty.

Mogadishu’s first line of defense against the next militant attack on Somalia ’s capital ranges from machine gunners in pick-up trucks to young men in plainclothes manning checkpoints.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar met the president of Somaliland on Tuesday, 10 days after Israel became the first country to formally recognise the breakaway region in the Horn of Africa as an independent and sovere...

Protests have erupted across Somalia following Israel’s formal world-first recognition of the breakaway region of Somaliland, with demonstrators taking to the streets in multiple cities, including the capital, Mogadishu.

Somalia’s government has admitted that its electronic visa system was hacked, exposing personal information of thousands of travellers.

A European Union naval force raced Friday to reach a Malta-flagged tanker held by pirates off the coast of Somalia as officials warned of another attempted approach by the gang.

Attackers firing machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades boarded a tanker carrying gasoline off the coast of Somalia on Thursday, authorities said, likely the latest assault by resurgent Somali pirates operating in th...

Somali government forces successfully ended a six-hour siege by militants at a major prison located near the president’s office in the capital, Mogadishu, killing all seven attackers, the government said Sunday.

Somalis on Thursday marked the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday with a government-declared public holiday, reviving an old tradition of merriment once banned by extremist militants who reject such public spectacle.

Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud and four key opposition leaders have signed an agreement concerning the upcoming elections in Somalia.