Al-Shabab fighters have battled Somali troops and allied forces for control of a strategic army base in southern Somalia, according to the government and a military official. Capturing the base in ...

TAIPEI - Somalia has banned entry to Taiwan passport holders citing compliance with a United Nations resolution, the island's foreign ministry said, blaming Chinese pressure on Mogadishu at a time ...

MOGADISHU - Somalia's Prime Minister, Hamza Abdi Barre, reshuffled his government on Sunday, appointing a new defence minister as his government tries to stem an Islamist insurgency. Barre did not ...

Mogadishu, Somalia — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has defended the recent oil exploration deal with Turkey, calling it a mutually beneficial agreement after online criticism emerged ...

Turkey has boosted its military presence in Somalia this week following Al-Shabab’s recent offensive near Mogadishu, deepening Ankara’s concerns over the deteriorating security situation in ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A confidential oil deal between the federal government of Somalia and the Republic of Turkey has raised questions from members of the public, who believe that the agreement was ...

General Odowaa Yusuf Rage, the Chief of Defence Forces of the Somali National Army (SNA), who made a return recently after dismissal, has since written to President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, asking for ...

Somali and US forces carried out an air strike on an area under attack from the Al-Shabaab Islamist group and killed 12 militants, the Somali government said on Thursday. Growing attacks by the Al ...

Mogadishu, Somalia — The Somali National Army on Thursday said it had repelled a dawn attack by Al-Shabaab militants on the village of Wargadhi, located in the Masajid Ali Gaduud district of ...

Turkiye’s ambitions in the Horn of Africa have taken a significant leap with a hydrocarbons agreement granting Ankara extensive control over Somalia’s oil and gas exploration. While Somali and Turkish ...

The Somali intelligence agency announced on Saturday that more than 80 terrorists, including senior al-Shabaab operatives, have been killed during week-long operations against the al-Qaeda ...

Somalia's Prime Minister Appoints New Defence Minister in Reshuffle MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's Prime Minister, Hamza Abdi Barre, reshuffled his government on Sunday, appointing a new defence ...