Former hostages Amanda Lindhout, left, of Sylvan Lake, and Nigel Brennan, of Australia, arrive in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Wednesday.

At least 11 people have been killed and 18 others injured in heavy fighting between Somali government forces and fighters loyal to insurgent Hizbul Islam group, Radio Garowe reports on Monday.

Federal authorities unsealed criminal charges Monday against eight suspects alleged to be part of a U.S. recruiting network that sent young men to fight in Somalia - one of the largest militant operations uncovered in the United States since the Sept.

The Yemeni-American imam who's been under renewed scrutiny after the deadly shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, preaches against alcohol, birthday parties, black magic and extramarital sex.

If there's a hero in the Amanda Lindhout kidnapping affair, it's the Somali journalist who risked his life trying to secure her freedom, colleague Chris Gelken says.

The U.N.'s World Food Program must immediately stop importing relief rations to Somalia, hard-line rebels said on Wednesday, accusing the aid agency of devastating local agriculture.

Watering animals in Afmadow : Hundreds of families have fled Afmadow after Somalia's Islamist Al-Shabab militia took over control of the southern town NAIROBI, 24 November 2009 - Somalia's Islamist Al-Shabab militia group has taken control of the southern town of Afmadow, 620km south of the capital Mogadishu, causing hundreds of families to flee in ...

Counterterrorism officials are investigating a group of youths who allegedly left Canada for East Africa two weeks ago, amid concerns they may have gone to join the Somali militant group Al-Shabab. Two sources familiar with the case said investigators had been canvassing Toronto's large Somali-Canadian community for information about as many as ...

The bullet hit mother and son as they walked through Somalia's capital. She felt a sharp pain in her palm.

Marshall gives Ted and Robin one of his "Slap Bet" slaps to be used on Barney; and Lily's estranged father visits her for Thanksgiving.

's Al Shabaab Islamists said yesterday they had seized control of a southern town from the rival Hizbul Islam insurgents after clashes that killed at least 12 fighters.

An unnamed woman was stoned to death at Eel-boon in Wajid district, 330 kilometres southwest of Mogadishu, on Wednesday.

When he fled his native Somalia for Uganda 18 months ago, Ali Yasin thought he had escaped the death threats for good.

Somali pirates have freed a United Arab Emirates-owned cargo ship, a Somali businessman said on Thursday, dismissing suggestions that it had been carrying weapons to the anarchic country.

Somali pirates aboard Motor Vessel Win Far are seen firing upon a U.S. Navy Sea Hawk helicopter.

A 20-year-old woman divorcee accused of committing adultery in Somalia has been stoned to death by Islamists in front of a crowd of about 200 people.

In this undated photo released by the family of crew member Pablo Costas, second left, stands aboard the Spanish trawler Alakrana with other crew members at sea in an unkown location.

The recruits assembled by moonlight at a watering hole. Hundreds of boys and young Kenyan men were herded onto trucks, which were covered with heavy canvas, and driven through the night.

Somalia is located in the Horn of Africa, adjacent to the Arabian Peninsula; Somalia is geographically located in a very advantageous region, bordering both Indian Ocean and the Red Sea.

According to witness reports, two Kenyan businessmen were kidnapped in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Monday, and a ransom has been demanded for them.