The Latest Breaking News from Somalia

Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud called Monday on the Army to be prepared for the second phase of the offensive operation against terrorist militants remaining in the country. Meanwhile the Somali News Agency, Sonna, quoted official sources as saying that more than 40 members of al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab militants were killed…

Foreign Correspondent reporter Stephanie March gives an insight into one of the most challenging assignments of her career, dealing with confronting scenes of terrible suffering, security threats and logistical difficulties while filming a story about Somalia's hunger crisis.

The African Union is appealing for nearly $90 million for its peacekeeping force in Somalia as it provides support to the country's military forces battling al-Shabab extremists

Aisha's hometown is trapped between ruthless militants and the worst drought in four decades. So she made a decision no mother should have to make.

New report uncovers tragic scale of climate-led crisis and forecasts up to 34,000 more deaths so far this year

Illinois bakery in crosshairs over drag show event will likely be forced to close

As many as 43,000 people are estimated to have died in Somalia last year as a result of the east African nation’s worst drought in more than four decades, according to the government and United Nations agencies.

After five consecutive failed rainy seasons, rate of fatalities could rise in first half of 2023, research finds.

‘Unrelenting droughts’ have created worst hunger crisis for 70 years says

Somalia's ongoing record drought killed as many as 43,000 people last year, half of them children under 5, researchers said on Monday in the first attempt to estimate country-wide deaths.

Mogadishu (AFP) - The record drought sweeping the Horn of Africa may lead to 135 deaths a day in Somalia between January and June this year, the health ministry, WHO and UNICEF said in a study released Monday.