http://www.euronews.com en Latest news from Euronews Euronews 2026 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:11:53 +0100 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:11:53 +0100 30 https://static.euronews.com/website/images/euronews_flatblue.png http://www.euronews.com http://www.euronews.com/2025/12/03/trump-says-he-doesnt-want-somalis-in-the-us-urges-them-to-go-back-to-fix-their-homeland http://www.euronews.com/2025/12/03/trump-says-he-doesnt-want-somalis-in-the-us-urges-them-to-go-back-to-fix-their-homeland Wed, 03 Dec 2025 07:16:42 +0100 Trump's remarks came days after his administration announced it would halt all asylum decisions following the shooting of two US National Guard soldiers in Washington. http://www.euronews.com/2025/11/12/eu-and-indian-navies-take-over-ship-used-by-somali-pirates-to-seize-malta-flagged-tanker http://www.euronews.com/2025/11/12/eu-and-indian-navies-take-over-ship-used-by-somali-pirates-to-seize-malta-flagged-tanker Wed, 12 Nov 2025 20:07:25 +0100 Somali piracy in the region cost the world’s economy €6 billion in 2011, with €138 million paid out in ransoms, according to the Oceans Beyond Piracy monitoring group. http://www.euronews.com/2025/11/07/eu-naval-force-vessel-reaches-ship-raided-by-somali-pirates-all-24-crew-on-board-safe http://www.euronews.com/2025/11/07/eu-naval-force-vessel-reaches-ship-raided-by-somali-pirates-all-24-crew-on-board-safe Fri, 07 Nov 2025 20:32:41 +0100 Piracy off the Somali coast peaked in 2011, when 237 attacks were reported. Somali piracy in the region in 2011 cost the world’s economy €6 billion, with €138 million paid out in ransoms. http://www.euronews.com/2025/09/24/somalia-says-no-to-egypt-ethiopia-peacekeeper-proxy-war-on-its-soil http://www.euronews.com/2025/09/24/somalia-says-no-to-egypt-ethiopia-peacekeeper-proxy-war-on-its-soil Wed, 24 Sep 2025 16:19:40 +0200 There will be no "proxy war" between Egypt and Ethiopia on Somali soil, according to the country's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. http://www.euronews.com/video/2025/08/05/camel-dairies-signal-change-in-somalias-livestock-economy http://www.euronews.com/video/2025/08/05/camel-dairies-signal-change-in-somalias-livestock-economy Tue, 05 Aug 2025 11:45:14 +0200 On the outskirts of Mogadishu, camels, a central part of Somali pastoralist life, are increasingly being used in efforts to develop commercial agriculture and dairy production. http://www.euronews.com/2025/07/09/al-sabab-militants-claim-responsibility-for-explosion-at-military-school-in-somalia http://www.euronews.com/2025/07/09/al-sabab-militants-claim-responsibility-for-explosion-at-military-school-in-somalia Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:34:28 +0200 Al-Shabaab frequently targets military installations as part of its insurgency aiming to topple the Somali government and impose its strict version of Islamic law. http://www.euronews.com/2025/07/02/at-least-three-killed-after-african-union-military-helicopter-crashes-in-mogadishu http://www.euronews.com/2025/07/02/at-least-three-killed-after-african-union-military-helicopter-crashes-in-mogadishu Wed, 02 Jul 2025 17:48:20 +0200 The African Union peacekeeping mission is helping Somali authorities fight al-Shabab militants, who oppose the presence of foreign troops in the Horn of Africa nation. http://www.euronews.com/2025/02/01/us-airstrikes-target-isis-fighters-in-somalia-trump-says http://www.euronews.com/2025/02/01/us-airstrikes-target-isis-fighters-in-somalia-trump-says Sat, 01 Feb 2025 19:59:04 +0100 The US president said he had ordered airstrikes on the so-called IS group targets in Somalia on Saturday. http://www.euronews.com/2024/08/03/at-least-32-dead-in-attack-on-beach-hotel-in-somalian-capital-of-mogadishu http://www.euronews.com/2024/08/03/at-least-32-dead-in-attack-on-beach-hotel-in-somalian-capital-of-mogadishu Sat, 03 Aug 2024 16:56:42 +0200 Al-Qaeda’s East Africa affiliate, al-Shabaab, said through its radio that its fighters carried out the attack. http://www.euronews.com/2024/01/18/rising-somalia-ethiopia-tensions-could-plunge-the-horn-of-africa-into-chaos http://www.euronews.com/2024/01/18/rising-somalia-ethiopia-tensions-could-plunge-the-horn-of-africa-into-chaos Thu, 18 Jan 2024 13:07:59 +0100 A breakout of a war between Ethiopia and Somalia would carry catastrophic consequences not just for the region, but for Africa as a whole, Mohamed El-Bendary writes. http://www.euronews.com/2023/12/19/extreme-weather-is-turning-many-into-climate-migrants-how-does-it-feel-to-face-leaving-hom http://www.euronews.com/2023/12/19/extreme-weather-is-turning-many-into-climate-migrants-how-does-it-feel-to-face-leaving-hom Tue, 19 Dec 2023 19:01:06 +0100 What does climate mobility mean? Young Africans and Pacific Islanders share their thoughts from the frontlines at COP28. http://www.euronews.com/2023/09/23/somalia-at-least-15-dead-and-scores-injured-in-suicide-attack http://www.euronews.com/2023/09/23/somalia-at-least-15-dead-and-scores-injured-in-suicide-attack Sat, 23 Sep 2023 19:39:07 +0200 As of Saturday, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack as residents remain trapped under rubble from damaged buildings in the town of Beledweyne. http://www.euronews.com/2023/06/10/somalia-nine-killed-10-injured-after-extremist-attack-on-mogadishu-hotel http://www.euronews.com/2023/06/10/somalia-nine-killed-10-injured-after-extremist-attack-on-mogadishu-hotel Sat, 10 Jun 2023 14:24:29 +0200 Police in Somalia say nine people, including three soldiers, were killed in Friday night’s extremist attack on a beachside hotel in the capital, Mogadishu. http://www.euronews.com/video/2023/05/16/hundreds-of-thousands-displaced-by-floods-in-central-somalia http://www.euronews.com/video/2023/05/16/hundreds-of-thousands-displaced-by-floods-in-central-somalia Tue, 16 May 2023 17:02:48 +0200 Residents fear a cholera epidemic and malaria outbreak if the floods continue. http://www.euronews.com/video/2022/12/08/watch-education-offers-hope-in-a-somalian-refugee-camp http://www.euronews.com/video/2022/12/08/watch-education-offers-hope-in-a-somalian-refugee-camp Thu, 08 Dec 2022 17:56:08 +0100 In Mogadishu, the Somali capital, various refugee camps dot the sprawling metropolis. They’re mainly filled with people fleeing conflict in the country, between the government and Islamist groups. Education offers hope http://www.euronews.com/video/2022/10/30/search-for-bodies-in-somalias-capital-after-two-bomb-blasts http://www.euronews.com/video/2022/10/30/search-for-bodies-in-somalias-capital-after-two-bomb-blasts Sun, 30 Oct 2022 17:07:45 +0100 People try to search for bodies in the rubble after two vehicle bombs killed at least 100 people in the Somalia capital Mogadishu in an attack claimed by Al-Shabab Islamists. http://www.euronews.com/2022/10/29/somalia-many-people-feared-dead-and-injured-as-two-car-bombs-rock-mogadishu http://www.euronews.com/2022/10/29/somalia-many-people-feared-dead-and-injured-as-two-car-bombs-rock-mogadishu Sat, 29 Oct 2022 19:02:51 +0200 Somalia's president said the toll could rise in the country's deadliest attack since a truck bombing at the same spot in the capital five years ago. http://www.euronews.com/2022/08/21/somali-forces-end-al-shabab-hotel-attack-that-left-at-least-20-dead http://www.euronews.com/2022/08/21/somali-forces-end-al-shabab-hotel-attack-that-left-at-least-20-dead Sun, 21 Aug 2022 13:38:53 +0200 It took Somali forces more than 30 hours to contain the fighters who had stormed Mogadishu's Hayat Hotel on Friday evening in an assault leaving at least 21 dead and scores wounded. http://www.euronews.com/2022/08/20/at-least-10-dead-as-gunmen-storm-somalia-hotel http://www.euronews.com/2022/08/20/at-least-10-dead-as-gunmen-storm-somalia-hotel Sat, 20 Aug 2022 13:08:50 +0200 Gunfire could still be heard early Saturday as security forces tried to contain the last of the attackers. http://www.euronews.com/2022/08/13/somalia-on-the-brink-millions-of-people-at-risk-as-drought-worsens http://www.euronews.com/2022/08/13/somalia-on-the-brink-millions-of-people-at-risk-as-drought-worsens Sat, 13 Aug 2022 09:30:18 +0200 Severe drought has placed millions of people at risk of famine in the horn of Africa. Euronews speaks to Karl Schembri from the Norwegian Refugee Council. http://www.euronews.com/2022/07/14/uk-police-launch-investigation-after-mo-farah-documentary-revelations http://www.euronews.com/2022/07/14/uk-police-launch-investigation-after-mo-farah-documentary-revelations Thu, 14 Jul 2022 18:54:22 +0200 The four-time Olympic champion has revealed that he was trafficked to the country as a child. http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/06/20/world-refugee-day-meet-the-somali-politicians-breaking-through-in-the-nordics http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/06/20/world-refugee-day-meet-the-somali-politicians-breaking-through-in-the-nordics Mon, 20 Jun 2022 15:23:24 +0200 Both said right-wing parties had pushed them to get into politics http://www.euronews.com/2021/09/25/at-least-eight-die-in-suicide-car-bomb-attack-in-somalia-s-capital http://www.euronews.com/2021/09/25/at-least-eight-die-in-suicide-car-bomb-attack-in-somalia-s-capital Sat, 25 Sep 2021 22:05:09 +0200 The Islamic extremist group Al-Shabab rammed a vehicle laden with explosives into a checkpoint near the Presidential Palace in Mogadishu. http://www.euronews.com/2020/08/17/somalia-forces-end-rebel-siege-of-mogadishu-hotel http://www.euronews.com/2020/08/17/somalia-forces-end-rebel-siege-of-mogadishu-hotel Mon, 17 Aug 2020 00:15:31 +0200 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. http://www.euronews.com/2020/05/11/coronavirus-is-forcing-us-to-fight-misinformation-as-well-as-hunger-this-ramadan-view http://www.euronews.com/2020/05/11/coronavirus-is-forcing-us-to-fight-misinformation-as-well-as-hunger-this-ramadan-view Mon, 11 May 2020 16:33:10 +0200 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. http://www.euronews.com/2020/05/03/somali-engineer-creates-home-made-respirator-to-ease-country-s-covid-19-crisis http://www.euronews.com/2020/05/03/somali-engineer-creates-home-made-respirator-to-ease-country-s-covid-19-crisis Sun, 03 May 2020 01:42:00 +0200 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. http://www.euronews.com/2020/02/14/un-warns-of-humanitarian-disaster-if-locust-swarms-aren-t-stopped http://www.euronews.com/2020/02/14/un-warns-of-humanitarian-disaster-if-locust-swarms-aren-t-stopped Fri, 14 Feb 2020 11:18:09 +0100 Billions of locusts have been swarming across the Arabian peninsula and East Africa http://www.euronews.com/2019/12/29/turkey-offers-treatment-for-15-survivors-of-somali-blast-for-medical-treatment http://www.euronews.com/2019/12/29/turkey-offers-treatment-for-15-survivors-of-somali-blast-for-medical-treatment Sun, 29 Dec 2019 17:52:14 +0100 Turkey takes in 15 victims of Somali blast for medical treatment. It has been supporting the country since 2011. http://www.euronews.com/2019/12/28/car-bomb-in-mogadishu-somalia-capital-kills-at-least-30 http://www.euronews.com/2019/12/28/car-bomb-in-mogadishu-somalia-capital-kills-at-least-30 Sat, 28 Dec 2019 10:26:34 +0100 Children were among the wounded. Also among them were several university students who had been travelling in a bus. http://www.euronews.com/2019/12/22/somalia-tackles-plague-of-locusts-by-frying-and-serving-them-with-rice http://www.euronews.com/2019/12/22/somalia-tackles-plague-of-locusts-by-frying-and-serving-them-with-rice Sun, 22 Dec 2019 15:16:33 +0100 The locusts are destroying crops and threatening vast parts of the country with food insecurity. http://www.euronews.com/2019/07/13/car-bomb-and-all-night-hotel-siege-kill-26-in-somalia-s-kismayo http://www.euronews.com/2019/07/13/car-bomb-and-all-night-hotel-siege-kill-26-in-somalia-s-kismayo Sat, 13 Jul 2019 23:19:36 +0200 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. http://www.euronews.com/culture/2019/04/30/halima-aden-first-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-model-wear-hijab-burkini-t153063 http://www.euronews.com/culture/2019/04/30/halima-aden-first-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-model-wear-hijab-burkini-t153063 Tue, 30 Apr 2019 14:41:00 +0200 She's sharing her story of the American dream. http://www.euronews.com/2019/04/30/halima-aden-becomes-first-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-model-wear-hijab-n999721 http://www.euronews.com/2019/04/30/halima-aden-becomes-first-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-model-wear-hijab-n999721 Tue, 30 Apr 2019 10:30:00 +0200 The 21-year-old was also the first person to wear a hijab at the Miss Minnesota USA pageant in 2016. http://www.euronews.com/2019/04/13/six-dead-after-clashes-with-security-forces-in-somalia http://www.euronews.com/2019/04/13/six-dead-after-clashes-with-security-forces-in-somalia Sat, 13 Apr 2019 18:48:01 +0200 Six people have been shot dead by the security forces in the Somalian capital Mogadishu http://www.euronews.com/2019/03/28/a-car-bomb-killed-at-least-11-people-in-the-somali-capital-of-mogadishu-on-thursday-police http://www.euronews.com/2019/03/28/a-car-bomb-killed-at-least-11-people-in-the-somali-capital-of-mogadishu-on-thursday-police Thu, 28 Mar 2019 13:38:45 +0100 Car bomb kills 11 people in Mogadishu, say police http://www.euronews.com/2018/12/24/inter-ethnic-fighting-in-ethiopia-forcing-millions-to-flee-their-homes http://www.euronews.com/2018/12/24/inter-ethnic-fighting-in-ethiopia-forcing-millions-to-flee-their-homes Mon, 24 Dec 2018 10:24:14 +0100 Three million people have fled over the past 18 months because of an upsurge in inter-ethnic violence http://www.euronews.com/2018/09/10/jobs-aren-t-the-main-reason-young-people-migrate-to-europe-view http://www.euronews.com/2018/09/10/jobs-aren-t-the-main-reason-young-people-migrate-to-europe-view Mon, 10 Sep 2018 12:20:00 +0200 Economic development programmes won't deter youth in countries like Somalia and Afghanistan from migrating unless they're accompanied by efforts to improve stability. http://www.euronews.com/2018/09/02/three-dead-and-14-injured-in-somali-car-bomb-attack http://www.euronews.com/2018/09/02/three-dead-and-14-injured-in-somali-car-bomb-attack Sun, 02 Sep 2018 14:41:00 +0200 A suicide car bomb attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu kills three soldiers and injures another 14 people including six children http://www.euronews.com/2018/07/06/terror-group-al-shabaab-bans-single-use-plastic-bags http://www.euronews.com/2018/07/06/terror-group-al-shabaab-bans-single-use-plastic-bags Fri, 06 Jul 2018 16:22:00 +0200 Al-Shabaab is normally better known for its deadly attacks than its environmental commitments. http://www.euronews.com/2018/06/27/refugees-land-in-rome-by-plane http://www.euronews.com/2018/06/27/refugees-land-in-rome-by-plane Wed, 27 Jun 2018 20:56:00 +0200 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. http://www.euronews.com/2018/06/09/one-u-s-soldier-killed-four-wounded-in-somalia-operation http://www.euronews.com/2018/06/09/one-u-s-soldier-killed-four-wounded-in-somalia-operation Sat, 09 Jun 2018 12:40:00 +0200 The combined force's aim is to liberate areas under the control of the Islamist militant group al-Shabaab. http://www.euronews.com/2018/02/23/at-least-18-dead-and-20-injured-after-twin-car-bomb-attacks-in-somalia-s-capital-mogadishu http://www.euronews.com/2018/02/23/at-least-18-dead-and-20-injured-after-twin-car-bomb-attacks-in-somalia-s-capital-mogadishu Fri, 23 Feb 2018 23:26:00 +0100 The Somalia-based Islamist militant group, al-Shabab, claimed responsibility for the attack. http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/28/huge-blast-heard-in-somalias-capital-mogadishu-cloud-of-smoke-rising-reuters http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/28/huge-blast-heard-in-somalias-capital-mogadishu-cloud-of-smoke-rising-reuters Sat, 28 Oct 2017 20:27:42 +0200 At least seventeen people killed in double car bombings in the Somali capital http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/16/somalia-blast-death-toll-rises-above-300 http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/16/somalia-blast-death-toll-rises-above-300 Mon, 16 Oct 2017 10:49:29 +0200 No group has admitted responsibility for the massive bombing on Mogadishu http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/15/more-than-200-die-in-somalia-car-bombings http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/15/more-than-200-die-in-somalia-car-bombings Sun, 15 Oct 2017 16:34:29 +0200 It is one of the deadliest attacks since an Islamist insurgency began in 2007. http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/14/mogadishu-rocked-by-twin-car-bombs http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/14/mogadishu-rocked-by-twin-car-bombs Sat, 14 Oct 2017 13:08:30 +0200 More than 22 people have been killed in a double car bomb attack in the capital of Somalia. http://www.euronews.com/2017/09/11/somalia-al-shabaab-storms-military-base-near-kenyan-border http://www.euronews.com/2017/09/11/somalia-al-shabaab-storms-military-base-near-kenyan-border Mon, 11 Sep 2017 11:39:39 +0200 Fighting follows an al-Shabaab suicide bombing in Somalia. http://www.euronews.com/2017/08/27/one-of-the-worst-droughts-in-living-memory---two-years-without-rain-in-baidoa http://www.euronews.com/2017/08/27/one-of-the-worst-droughts-in-living-memory---two-years-without-rain-in-baidoa Sun, 27 Aug 2017 08:34:33 +0200 One of the 'worst droughts in living memory' - two years without rain in Baidoa, Somalia is affecting millions http://www.euronews.com/2017/08/15/former-al-shabaab-deputy-leader-urges-militants-to-leave-the-group http://www.euronews.com/2017/08/15/former-al-shabaab-deputy-leader-urges-militants-to-leave-the-group Tue, 15 Aug 2017 23:04:10 +0200 Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansur defected to the Somalian government last week and has now spoken out against the militant group. http://www.euronews.com/2017/08/10/un-accuses-people-traffickers-of-drowning-migrants-off-yemeni-coast http://www.euronews.com/2017/08/10/un-accuses-people-traffickers-of-drowning-migrants-off-yemeni-coast Thu, 10 Aug 2017 19:03:26 +0200 The UN says people traffickers fearing arrest have drowned more than 100 migrants off the coast of Yemen.