Somalia Somali forces end rebel siege of Mogadishu hotel Somalia's security forces on Sunday ended a nearly five-hour siege by Islamic extremists at a beachside hotel in Somalia's capital, said police and a government spokesman. 16/08/2020
View Coronavirus is forcing us to fight misinformation as well as hunger this Ramadan ǀ View This year, probably for the first time in history, instead of urging people to unite and congregate, we Muslims must come together to urge people to stay apart. For us aid workers, it has created a conundrum of how to keep people safe while also getting food aid to hundreds of thousands of families. 11/05/2020
Somalia Somali engineer invents home-made respirator Somalia receives a boost in fight against COVID-19 in the form of home-made mechanised respirators, created by 21-year-old Mogadishu-based mechanical engineer A 21-year-old mechanical engineer came up with the device in response to a national shortage. 02/05/2020
world news UN warns of humanitarian disaster if locust swarms aren't stopped Billions of locusts have been swarming across the Arabian peninsula and East Africa 14/02/2020
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
USA Meet the first Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model to wear a hijab and burkini She's sharing her story of the American dream. 30/04/2019
USA Halima Aden becomes first Sports Illustrated swimsuit model to wear hijab, burkini The 21-year-old was also the first person to wear a hijab at the Miss Minnesota USA pageant in 2016. 30/04/2019
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
Ethiopia Inter-ethnic fighting in Ethiopia forcing millions to flee their homes Three million people have fled over the past 18 months because of an upsurge in inter-ethnic violence 24/12/2018
View Jobs aren't the main reason young people migrate to Europe | View Economic development programmes won't deter youth in countries like Somalia and Afghanistan from migrating unless they're accompanied by efforts to improve stability. 10/09/2018
world news Bomb causes school collapse in Somali Capital A suicide car bomb attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu kills three soldiers and injures another 14 people including six children 02/09/2018
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
Italy Refugees land in Rome by plane One-hundred-and-thirty-nine refugees from Eritrea and Somalia arrived in Rome on Wednesday morning. It's part of a programme which aims to bring refugees to Europe by plane. 27/06/2018
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 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