A United Nations report on Somalia says no side in the country's conflict has the strength to impose its will on the others and stabilize the chaotic, war-torn nation. The report, compiled by the U.N.

A Somali official has praised Italy’s show of commitment towards President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed’s efforts to stabilize the country after years of insecurity. Abdirahman Omar Osman, who is also the ...

The Deputy Leader of the insurgent group Hisbul Islam, Sheikh Hassan Abdullahi Hersi known as “Hassan Turki”, has defected on Monday to join the Al-Shabab ...

The United Nations Special Envoy to Somalia Augustine Mahiga urged the Somali leaders to resolve their differences The United Nations Special Envoy to Somalia Augustine Mahiga urged the Somali leaders ...

Somalia's president has declared a famine in his drought-stricken country and called for more international help to deal with the crisis. While touring a displaced-persons camp in the capital, ...

Somali lawmakers said security forces at Mogadishu’s Aden Ade international airport denied them access as they tried to board a plane to Nairobi. The spokesman of a recently nominated parliamentary ...

Somalia's fragile transitional government and a moderate religious faction are struggling to form an alliance aimed at driving out al-Qaida linked extremists who control much of the country. A week of ...

The European Union Representative to Somalia Georges-Marc André has condemned the behavior of some Somali parliamentarians during Monday's disagreement over the approval process for the new Somali ...

Somalia's Transitional Federal Government has named a Somali-American Economist as the next Prime Minister. Michael Onyiego reports from the VOA East Africa Bureau in Nairobi. Somali President Sheikh ...

Police in western India have detained 18 suspected Somali pirates, the second batch of pirates captured in the same area this month. Police say they took the 18 suspects into custody late Sunday, ...

An official of Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government says the administration categorically condemns al-Shabab’s threats after the hard-line Islamist group ordered the World Food Program (WFP) to ...

The Islamist armed group al-Shabaab is subjecting inhabitants of southern Somalia to killings, cruel punishments, and repressive social control, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The ...