As Western countries curtail support, the fate of one the world’s oldest state-building projects hangs in the balance. Three ...

Despite billions of dollars in international support, Somalia's army has melted in the face of a months-long offensive by the ...

Kaaho Maslah, 27, a Dutch woman of Somali origin, survived a brutal attack by her husband in Mogadishu after she tried leaving him.

The standoff continues between the government of the semi-autonomous region of Puntland and the federal government of Somalia over a cargo ship loaded with Turkish weaponry that is being detained.

In a statement released on Thursday evening in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, Save the Children said cases of measles, diphtheria, whooping cough, cholera, and severe respiratory infections have ...

Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region acknowledged it’s holding a vessel full of military equipment until it can work out ...

Artist Maslah Abdi Dahi has made it his mission to nurture creativity in Somalia's Mogadishu, where artistic pursuits are ...

A Ugandan military helicopter deployed with the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia crashed at Mogadishu airport on Wednesday, killing five passengers, a Ugandan military spokesperson said.

Somali forces have ended the siege at an upscale hotel in the country’s capital Mogadishu, police told CNN, following an attack from unidentified gunmen that left dozens dead.

A general view shows the scene of two car bomb explosions in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Oct. 29, 2022. Abukar Mohamed Muhudin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images ...

"And, yeah, I'm optimistic about the future of Somalia," he says. And he's not the only one at Mogadishu's Liido Beach to express optimism about a country that's often written off as a failed state.

Somali authorities have spent years working to restore the national stadium in Mogadishu, and on Dec. 29 Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre inaugurated the national soccer tournament.