Somalia News

A UPDF officer has said his former boss delayed to carry out periodic servicing of army tanks deployed in Mogadishu deliberately, putting the lives of crew members at risk.

Over the past several months, the Somali military, in cooperation with local, regional, and international forces, has managed to put the Islamist militant group al Shabaab on the run.

The top United Nations envoy in Somalia today called on the country's international partners to boost support to aid peace building and humanitarian efforts there, while reaffirming that the world body has no plans to withdraw amid attacks by Al-Shabaab militants.

WAM MOGADISHU, 23rd April, 2014 -- Mohammed Ahmed Al-Othman has presented his credentials as a UAE Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to the Somali President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud at the Presidential Palace.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, April 21, 2014/African Press Organization / -- The National Union of Somali Journalists condemns in the strongest terms possible the act of suppression, arbitrary arrests, threats and intimidations against the media by the Somaliland authorities, following the arbitrary arrests of three journalists in the disputed town of ... (more)

President Nkurunziza also addressed Amisom troops and thanked them for the contribution they have made to the security and stability of Somalia.

The top United Nations envoy to Somalia warned Tuesday that the U.N. and other foreign diplomats may have to withdraw from the war-ravaged nation if they continue to be attacked.

Unknown gunmen shot dead a lawmaker in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, the second member of parliament killed in the last 24 hours.

The killing occurred close to where another legislator was killed the day before in the capital's Madina district: Isak Mohamed was killed when a bomb concealed in his vehicle exploded in Mogadishu's Hamarweyne district, near the port and close to the heavily fortified government district.

Islamist rebels shot dead a Somali lawmaker on Tuesday, a day after blowing up one of his colleagues, and vowed to keep killing politicians and wreck efforts to secure the country.

Residents look at the remains of the car of Somali lawmaker Isaak Mohamed Rinoco, who was killed by a bomb planted in his car by Islamist militants, in the Hamaerweyne District of Somalia' capital Mogadishu, April 21, 2014.

After a closed session on Sunday attended by the speaker of the Somali parliament, his two deputies, the 15 parliamentary committee chairs and ministry officials, lawmakers said they were still unsatisfied with Ministry of Finance's budgetary accounting.

The top United Nations envoy in Somalia today condemned the murder of parliamentarian Isaak Mohamed Rino and called for the perpetrators of the attack to be brought to justice.

An experience of the worst in humanity was not what Ibrahim Mohamed Hussein expected when he touched down in Hong Kong eight months ago, fresh from persecution in Africa.

Federal Member of Parliament has been killed after bomb detonated inside his car in Mogadishu's Hamar Weyne district according to witnesses on Monday, Garowe Online reports.

A Djiboutian soldier, part of the AU Mission in Somalia, leads men suspected of belonging to the Islamist militant group al-Shabaab to a holding area in the town of Buula Burde.

A Somali lawmaker was killed and another was injured when a bomb hidden in their car exploded while they were headed to a conference on security, officials said.

Earlier this year Mohamed Ali was reminded once again of the dangers of living and working in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.

In this photo taken Wednesday July 12, 2012 Isaq Abdi sits beside bundles of khat which he sells for his employer in Mogadishu, Somalia.

This undated file photo file provided by photographer Benoit Schaeffer shows French photo-reporter Nicolas Henin in Mogadishu, Somalia.