‘I ran with a sprained leg,’ viral Somali sprinter says

After being called the worst athlete in history to have participated in international games, Somalia runner Nasra Abukar Ali has responded.

Tragedy as Somalia blast kills at least 10 on bus

At least 10 people died and 12 were wounded when an explosive device ripped through a minibus outside the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday, the government said.

Somali governor killed in Al-Shabaab suicide blast

A Somali governor and three bodyguards were killed in a suicide attack claimed by the Al-Shabaab jihadist group in the regional capital of Galkayo on Sunday, a security official said.

Tragedy as Kenya, Somalia and Rwanda hit by deadly flooding with over 260 people killed (PHOTOS)

Flooding as a result of recent heavy rains has killed more than 260 people across East Africa.

Kenya has been the hardest hit with the government recording 194 deaths.

Tragedy!!! Somali governor killed in Al-Shabaab suicide blast

A governor in Somalia’s Puntland has been killed in a suicide bombing claimed by the Al-Shabaab jihadist group, police and hospital sources said Monday.

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Abdisalan Hassan Hersi, governor of Nugaal region, succumbed to his injuries after being rushed to hospital in Garowe, the capital of Puntland where the blast occurred Sunday.

US carries first airstrikes against IS in Somalia

The US military has conducted for the first time two airstrikes against Islamic State group fighters in Somalia, where the group is a growing presence in a country long threatened by the al-Qaida-linked extremist group al-Shabab.

A US official said the strikes were carried out in northeastern Somalia, with the first around midnight local time and the second later Friday morning. The official was not authorized to discuss the mission publicly so spoke on condition of anonymity.

Nemesis as gunmen killed after Mogadishu attack leaves 14 dead

Somalia said Sunday its security forces killed two gunmen and captured three after coordinated car bomb blasts left at least 14 people dead, just two weeks after the country's worst ever attack.

Several people were rescued from Shabaab gunmen holed up in a Mogadishu hotel, following a battle with the Al-Qaeda-affiliated militants who claimed the attack, security ministry spokesman Abdiasiz Ali Ibrahim said.

Al Shabab claims deadly hotel blast in Mogadishu

A suicide car bomb exploded outside a popular hotel in Somalia’s capital on Saturday, killing at least two people and wounding more than eight, while gunfire could be heard inside, police said. A second blast was heard in the area minutes later.

Capt. Mohamed Hussein said the gunfire was heard inside the Nasa-Hablod hotel, which is close to the presidential palace and is frequented by politicians and other members of Mogadishu’s elite.

Oh dear! Death toll from Somalia truck bombing tops 300

The death toll from Saturday's truck bombing in Somalia's capital is now over 300, the director of an ambulance service said Monday, as the country reeled from the deadliest single attack it's ever experienced.

The death toll has steadily risen since Saturday, when the blasts - for which no organisation had claimed responsibility by Monday morning - struck at two busy junctions in the heart of the city.

Deadly truck bomb rocks Somali capital, Mogadishu

A truck bomb exploded outside a hotel at a busy junction in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Saturday causing widespread devastation that left at least 20 dead, with the toll likely to rise.

"Initial reports from emergency departments indicate more than 20 bodies picked up off the street and many more are under the wreckage of buildings destroyed by the blast", said Ibrahim Mohamed, a senior police officer.

US boosts aid in Yemen, South Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia with $575m

The United States said Thursday it will spend another $575 million dollars to help the millions facing starvation and violence amid wars and unrest in Yemen, South Sudan, Nigeria, and Somalia.



“This additional funding brings the total US humanitarian assistance to nearly $2.5 billion for these four crises since the beginning of Fiscal Year 2017,” the US Agency for International Development announced. 

Suicide bomber kills 4 at Somalia cafe

A suicide bomber killed at least four people in central Somalia on Sunday, a security source said, in an attack claimed by the Al-Qaeda-aligned Shabaab movement.

Mohamed Abdulkarim, a security official in the town of Beledweyne, 300 kilometres (190 miles) north of the capital Mogadishu, said the bomber “detonated himself at a tea shop in front of the regional headquarters and four people died, all of them civilians.”

And US confirms Al-Shabaab commander killed in air strike

The U.S. on Friday confirmed that a high-level al-Shabab commander was in Somalia during an air strike.

According to a statement from the U.S. military’s Africa Command (AFRICOM), the strike which took place on July 30 killed the top al-Shabab’s commander Ali Hussein, also known as Ali Jabal.

Internet connection returns in Somalia after weeks-long outage

Somalia rejoined the world wide web on Monday, more than three weeks after internet access was cut when a container ship damaged an undersea cable connecting the Horn of Africa nation to the world.

“The technical issue, which has disrupted the internet connection, is resolved and the service is now resumed,” telecommunications minister Abdi Anshur Hassan told a press conference in the capital Mogadishu.

At least 19 killed in hotel attack in Somali capital

At least 19 people were killed when Islamist militants launched a car bomb and gun attack on a busy hotel and adjacent restaurant in the Somali capital, a police officer said on Thursday.

A car driven by a suicide bomber rammed into the Posh Hotel in south Mogadishu on Wednesday evening before gunmen rushed into Pizza House, an adjacent restaurant, and took 20 people hostage. Posh Hotel is the only venue with a discotheque in the capital.

Oh goodness me! Al Shabaab takes over Somali town, claims killing 61 in military base attack

Al Shabaab militants captured a town in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region on Thursday, a senior official said, and the group said it had killed at least 61 soldiers in the fighting.

"Al Shabaab attacked Af Urur town this morning. There were few soldiers there and thus al Shabaab captured the town. 

PHOTO: Tragedy as works minister shot dead in Somalia

Somalia’s minister of public works and reconstruction Abbas Abdullahi Siraji was killed in Mogadishu on Wednesday in an apparent accidental shooting, government and police sources said.

India, China navies stop suspected Somali pirate attack on merchant vessel

A Chinese navy ship supported by an Indian navy helicopter thwarted an attack by suspected Somali pirates on a Tuvalu-flagged merchant ship, India's defense ministry said on Sunday.

The ship, known as OS 35, was reported to be under attack on Saturday.

The Indian defense ministry said four of its navy ships in the vicinity responded to a distress signal from the ship and reached the bulk carrier early on Sunday.

Somali pirates hijack Indian commercial ship

Pirates hijacked an Indian commercial ship off the coast of Somalia and the vessel is heading toward the shore, a former government anti-piracy official said.

Abdirizak Dirir, a former director of the anti-piracy agency in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region, told Reuters on Monday.

Pirates fire shots from hijacked Aris 13 oil tanker off Somalia

Somali maritime forces and pirates on board a hijacked oil tanker have started shooting at each other, according to reports.

The ship - the Aris 13 - is anchored off the Somali coast near the town of Alula.

Eight Sri Lankan crew were on the vessel when it was taken over on Monday and most of them were being held captive in a locked room.