Somalia Turkey offers treatment for 15 survivors of Somali blast Turkey takes in 15 victims of Somali blast for medical treatment. It has been supporting the country since 2011. 29/12/2019
Somalia Rush hour carnage as Somali truck bomb kills at least 79 Children were among the wounded. Also among them were several university students who had been travelling in a bus. 28/12/2019
Somalia Somalia deals with plague of locusts — by frying and eating them The locusts are destroying crops and threatening vast parts of the country with food insecurity. 22/12/2019
Somalia Car bomb and all-night hotel siege kill 26 in Somalia's Kismayo Kenyans, Americans, a Briton and Tanzanians were among 26 people killed when Islamist gunmen stormed a hotel in the Somali port city of Kismayo, officials said on Saturday. 13/07/2019
Somalia Death toll in hotel attack in Somalia's Kismayo jumps to 26 - regional president Death toll in hotel attack in Somalia's Kismayo jumps to 26 - regional president 13/07/2019
Somalia Somalia riots leave six dead Six people have been shot dead by the security forces in the Somalian capital Mogadishu 13/04/2019
Somalia Car bomb kills 11 people in Mogadishu, say police A car bomb killed at least 11 people in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Thursday, police said. The blast on a busy road destroyed two 28/03/2019
Somalia Somalia car bombing kills at least 13 The attack in the capital Mogadishu is claimed by the al-Shabaab group 22/12/2018
Somalia Death toll rises in Somali hotel bombing Al-Shabaab Islamic militants claim responsibility for triple suicide bombing in Mogadishu, which is now known to have killed at least 39. 10/11/2018
Somalia Terror group al-Shabaab bans single-use plastic bags Al-Shabaab is normally better known for its deadly attacks than its environmental commitments. 06/07/2018
Somalia One U.S. soldier killed, four wounded in Somalia operation The combined force's aim is to liberate areas under the control of the Islamist militant group al-Shabaab. 09/06/2018
Somalia Gunmen kidnap German Red Cross nurse in Somalia A German nurse working for the International Committee of the Red Cross was kidnapped in Mogadishu on Wednesday. 03/05/2018
Somalia At least 18 dead after twin car bomb attacks in Somalia The Somalia-based Islamist militant group, al-Shabab, claimed responsibility for the attack. 23/02/2018
Somalia Al-Shabab claims twin suicide attacks in Mogadishu At least seventeen people killed in double car bombings in the Somali capital 28/10/2017
Somalia Somalia blast death toll rises above 300 No group has admitted responsibility for the massive bombing on Mogadishu 16/10/2017
Somalia More than 200 die in Somalia car bombings - reports It is one of the deadliest attacks since an Islamist insurgency began in 2007. 15/10/2017
Somalia Mogadishu rocked by twin car bombs More than 22 people have been killed in a double car bomb attack in the capital of Somalia. 14/10/2017
Somalia Somalia: Al-Shabaab storms military base near Kenyan border Fighting follows an al-Shabaab suicide bombing in Somalia. 11/09/2017
Somalia One of the 'worst droughts in living memory' - two years without rain in Baidoa, Somalia is affecting millions Baidoa in Somalia has seen no rain in two years. Cattle are dead, wells are dry and fields are empty – certain diseases such as cholera have become 27/08/2017
Somalia Former al-Shabaab deputy leader urges militants to leave the group Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansur defected to the Somalian government last week and has now spoken out against the militant group. 15/08/2017
Somalia 6 people dead after car bomb attack in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu The death toll is expected to rise after a car bomb attack in in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu which has killed at least six people and wounded 20 others 30/07/2017
Somalia Mural artist 'Shik Shik' brightens up Somali shop fronts Mural artist Muawiye Hussein Sidow or "Shik Shik" has created the artworks that adorn over 100 shop fronts in Mogadishu, Somalia. 25/07/2017
Somalia Deadly car bomb hits police station in Somalia Several people have been killed in the attack in Mogadishu 22/06/2017
Somalia Car bomb, gunfire and hostage-taking rock Mogadishu restaurant A suicide bombing and gun attack in the Somali capital has killed at least 17 people, including foreigners. 15/06/2017
View Lobster in the Time of Famine: view ‘How can we be eating lobster, when only 200 kilometres away, in the last 48 hours, 100 people died of starvation?’. 14/06/2017