The Latest Breaking News from Somalia

Somali authorities say floods caused by torrential rainfall have killed at least 31 people in various parts of the country

The United Nations has described floods that uprooted hundreds of thousands of people in Somalia and neighbouring countries in East Africa following a historic drought as a once-in-a-century event.

The United Nations Security Council has suspended for three months the pullout of African Union troop from Somalia, where fighting rages with al-Qaida's affiliate in East Africa

People are losing their homes, livestock and farmland to the flooding in one of the poorest countries in the world.

Aid agencies say heavy rains and flash flooding have killed at least 30 people and displaced tens of thousands in Kenya and Somalia

The recent downpours underscore the region’s vulnerability to climate change, which is leading to more extreme weather.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh alleges Centre complicit in allowing Chinese workers to disembark at Vizhinjam port, violating security guidelines. He questions why Chinese workers are being allowed to work illegally for Adani Group linked to global money-laundering networks. Home Ministry guidelines state no landing permit for nationals of Afghanistan, China,…

30 years after the infamous Battle of Mogadishu, the U.S. military is still conducting operations in Somalia.

In 2011, pirates carried out 212 attacks in a vast area spanning Somali waters, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, actions that the World Bank said cost the world economy US$18 billion a year.

Washington and Nairobi have signed a defence agreement that will see Kenya receive resources and support for security deployments as it is poised to lead a multi-national peacekeeping mission to Haiti to combat gang violence.

The U.S. and Kenya have signed a defense agreement that will see the East African nation get resources and support for security deployments as it is poised to lead a multi-national peacekeeping mission to Haiti to combat gang violence