Ilhan Omar's father, Nur Omar Mohamed, committed war crimes as a military officer in Somalia before immigrating to the U.S.

But some places on the continent are also politically unstable and violent, and tourists are well advised to avoid them. One ...

Some State Department officials have proposed closing the embassy in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, as a precaution after ...

The recent arrest of members of the Somali Custodial Corps who fled from the frontlines in Lower Shabelle is not merely a ...

The Islamic State group's rise in Somalia Islamist groups have been part of Somalia's fractured political landscape since the ...

Somalia has signed a $306.5 million debt relief deal with the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF), in what the government in Mogadishu ...

As Somali forces navigate a delicate transition to assume the country’s security responsibilities from African Union peacekeepers who have secured civilians and personnel of international ...

More than 100 million people worldwide are at risk from landmines, explosive remnants of war and improvised explosive devices ...

Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch for East Africa, has mounted considerable attacks over the last few weeks in Somalia’s Middle Shabelle and Hiraan regions just north of Mogadishu. The group’s offensive is ...

The Trump administration and Israel approached the governments of Sudan and Somalia, and have also been interested in Syria, as potential places to resettle Palestinians from Gaza, according to three ...

The United States and the United Arab Emirates are conducting airstrikes in northern Somalia in support of Puntland’s military offensive against the local Islamic State branch. Tracking UAE’s strikes ...