Somalia News

Two convicted Somali pirates, Mawlid Ahmed Abtidon, 25, right, and Abdi Fatah Ahmed Abdullah, 29, complained about a shortage of prison food and the absence of promised phone calls.

President Barack Obama has taken a lot of heat over America's targeting of terrorists overseas with lethal drone strikes.

In the Hamarweyne market, Mogadishu's largest, 24 year old Maryama Yunis is finding success with her tiny cosmetic store.

Internally displaced Somali girls fetch water from a tank at Sayyidka camp in the Howlwadag district, south of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, May 3, 2013.

Two Muslim hardline preachers say that one of the suspects in the killing of a London soldier was interested in their teachings.

Following a quarter-century of civil wars and absentee governance, Jan. 17 of this year saw the United States recognize the modern state of the Federal Republic of Somalia after President Hassan Sheik Mohamud traveled to Washington to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton .

Somali-Canadian rapper K'naan has long drawn musical inspiration from his troubled homeland.

A spate of attacks by Islamic insurgents in Somalia's capital is forcing investors, businessmen and aid workers to have second thoughts about expanding operations in Mogadishu.

Ottawa-raised sisters Ilwad Elman, 23, and Iman Elman, 21, pose inside the Elman Peace Centre, a rape crisis shelter in Mogadishu.

A 4-month-old girl came down with paralysis on April 30, and then two healthy kids nearby also tested positive for the virus.

A baby receives a polio vaccine at the Medina Maternal Child Health center in Mogadishu, Somalia.

If the latest development in Somalia gives you the feeling of being trapped in the Twilight Zone - somewhere between relative security and renewed bloodshed - you are not alone.

Somali members of parliament shelved a vote of confidence against the prime minister on Wednesday, but warned the government it would face further parliamentary rebellions if it did not do more to improve the economy and security.

In the aftermath of Second World War, in a meeting held on 24th October 1945 in San Francisco, the Charter of United Nations Organization was finalized and countries liberated from the AXIS Forces were named "Occupied Enemy Territories" and they were recognized as existing countries.

Milton will hold its sixth annual Memorial Day Ceremony on Monday, May 27, with retired Col.

Journalists and aid workers are among those considered most at risk of crime and kidnapping in Somalia, a reporters' safety monitoring group said.

Somalia's new government said on Monday it was pursuing talks to resolve rival claims for control in the south that have stoked fears of a return to the clan wars that pitched the nation into anarchy two decades ago.

Ugandan soldiers from Battle Group 9+, under the command of Colonel Stephen Mugerwa, have completed their 13 month tour of duty and began to return home.

A Bossaso court convicted on Sunday, 78 Iranians who were caught in April illegally fishing in Puntland state waters, Garowe Online reports.

They do not give a damn about altered talking points, personal or political agendas, or Sunday talk shows.