Somalia News

The town, in Lower Juba region, had been controlled by rival group Hisbul-Islam, but its members are reported to have withdrawn without a fight. The two militant groups have been fighting each other for months for control of this region....

According to Mehr News Agency, Iran Nesa , an oil tanker which belonged to the Iranian Oil Tanker Company, was attacked on Sunday in the waters of Bab al-Mandeb — a strategic strait which connects the Red Sea to the...

Somali pirates are back in the headlines after a Spanish trawler and its 36 member crew has thrust the issue of Somali piracy back into the spotlight. The vessel was released after a ransom payment exceeding $3m was agreed. Does...

Flash floods have rendered homeless thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in camps in and around Mogadishu, the Somali capital, locals say. "The rains that fell on Friday and Saturday [16 and 17 October] destroyed many of the makeshift...

Pirate attacks on shipping lanes around the Horn of Africa have shown no sign of relenting, and the nations policing the seas are struggling to find solutions in a mission that seems to be covering a growing area and time...

Somali pirates on Thursday released a Panama-flagged ship seized earlier this month and alleged to be carrying weapons, an organisation monitoring maritime activity in the region reported. "MV Almeezan, the mysterious weapons ship captured for the second time on 7...

It’s bad enough that the territory known as Somalia is in turmoil 365 days a year, but now the waters that surround the war savaged country are looming with want-to-be Jack Sparrows that seem intent on revenge. If we could...

Minneapolis is very different from Mogadishu...It may seem like an odd place to settle if you are from the Horn of Africa. In autumn, Minnesota is cold and grey; in winter it is almost too cold to venture out.