Somalia

Egypt sends arms to Somalia following security pact

Egypt delivered its first military aid to Somalia in more than four decades on Tuesday, three diplomatic and Somali government sources said, a move likely to deepen strains between the…

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Somali pirates’ return adds to crisis for global shipping companies

Pirates had been dormant for nearly a decade 2008-2014 attacks cost the global economy billions of dollars Recent pirate raids are increasing costs for shippers Pirates take advantage of security…

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Somali forces, foreign navies prepare attack on hijacked ship, police say

By Abdiqani Hassan GAROWE, Somalia, March 18 (Reuters) - Somali police and international navies were preparing on Monday to attack a commercial ship that was hijacked by pirates last week,…

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Indian Navy seizes Maltese-flagged ship from Somali pirates and rescues crew

Indian naval forces including special commandos seized a cargo vessel that had been hijacked by Somali pirates, rescuing 17 crew members, a spokesperson for the navy said . The navy…

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Warship rushes in to investigate suspected pirate attack on Maltese-flagged commercial vessel off Somalia

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, (Reuters) - A Spanish navy ship is sailing at full speed towards a Maltese-flagged commercial vessel that may have been hijacked by pirates off Somalia, the…

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UN Security Council removes the 30-year arms embargo on Somalia

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council unanimously voted on Friday to remove the final restrictions on weapons deliveries to Somalia's government and its security…

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Somalia floods kill 10, displace more than 113,000 a year after drought

Floods caused by heavy rains across parts of Somalia have displaced more than 113,000 people and "temporarily affected" hundreds of thousands, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs…

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Suicide bomber in Somalia’s capital kills at least 13 soldiers

A suicide bomber killed at least 13 soldiers and wounded at least 20 more inside a military academy in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Monday, a soldier who saw the bodies…

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Somalia’s drought killed 43,000 last year, half under five

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.…

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Al Shabaab kills seven soldiers in attack on military base

Islamist fighters from al Shabaab on Tuesday stormed a military base in a part of central Somalia they were forced from last year, killing at least seven soldiers, including the base commander, an officer…

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Somalia president: at least 100 people killed in car bombs

MOGADISHU, Oct 30 (Reuters) - At least 100 people were killed and 300 injured in two car bombs that exploded outside the education ministry in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Saturday,…

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One child a minute being admitted for malnutrition treatment in Somalia: UNICEF

LONDON (Reuters) - One child is being admitted for medical treatment for malnutrition every minute in Somalia as severe drought threatens to cause the deaths of children on a scale…

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Child malnutrition soars in central Somalia area on verge of famine

Oct 13 (Reuters) - Acute malnutrition is surging among children displaced by drought and conflict in a part of central Somalia teetering on the edge of famine, according to a…

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Half a million Somali children face hunger in world’s worst famine this century

GENEVA, (Reuters) - More than 500,000 Somali children under five are expected to suffer severe acute malnutrition and risk death from famine this year, a number unseen in any country…

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Famine in parts of Somalia ‘at the door’, says UN humanitarian chief

NAIROBI, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Famine will occur in parts of Somalia between October and December, the United Nations warned on Monday, as a drought worsens and global food prices…

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UPDATE – At least 21 killed in Somalia hotel siege, many hostages freed

UPDATE -MOGADISHU, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Security forces have ended a siege by al Qaeda-linked militants at a hotel in Somalia's capital in which more than 20 people were killed and dozens…

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Photo Story: Somalia’s new president elected by 327 people

Former president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud reacts after being elected as the new president of Somalia by Somali members of parliament in the presidential elections in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia.Voting took…

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UPDATED: Five killed as gunfire, explosions rock Somali capital

MOGADISHU, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Al Shabaab militants attacked several police stations and security checkpoints in Somalia's capital Mogadishu early on Wednesday, officials and the militants said, a show of force as…

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Somali government spokesman wounded by suicide bomb blast -police, state media

MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Somalia's government spokesman was wounded on Sunday in an explosion at a road junction set off by a suicide bomber in the capital Mogadishu, police and the national…

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Somalia’s president suspends prime minister pending investigation

MOGADISHU, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Somalia's president, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, said on Monday he had suspended the prime minister’s powers, escalating a destabilising dispute in the Horn of Africa country.…

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Al Shabaab attacks Somali military base, captures central town

Al Shabaab fighters stormed a military base in the centre of Somalia on Tuesday and took over a nearby town, residents said. Residents of Amara in the Galmudug region said the attack…

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At least 8 killed in Mogadishu by suicide bomb targeting government convoy

MOGADISHU, July 10 (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb targeting a government convoy exploded at a busy junction in Somalia's capital on Saturday, killing at least eight people, an eyewitness…

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At least 30 killed in al Shabaab attack in Somalia – security official

An estimated 30 people died on Sunday when Somalia's Islamist al Shabaab group launched an attack in a town in the country's semi-autonomous state of Galmudug, a security official said. The insurgents used car bombs in the assault on a…

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At least 15 killed in suicide bombing at army camp in Somalia – witness

At least 15 people were killed on Tuesday in a suicide bombing as recruits lined up outside an army camp in the Somali capital Mogadishu, a Reuters witness who counted…

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Somalia’s lower house of parliament votes to cancel presidential term extension

MOGADISHU, May 1 (Reuters) - Somalia's lower house of parliament voted unanimously on Saturday to cancel a divisive two-year presidential term extension it approved last month, a move that might…

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Somalia opposition accuse president of stalling in term extension crisis

MOGADISHU, April 28 (Reuters) - Members of Somalia's opposition on Wednesday refused to withdraw from fortified positions in the capital after the president tried to defuse an armed standoff by promising to appear before parliament…

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Ten killed in suicide bomb attack in Somali capital

At least 10 people were killed on Saturday when a suicide bomber struck makeshift kiosks in the Somali capital, hitting hours after al Shabaab Islamist militants attacked two National Army…

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Al Shabaab militants attack two Somali National Army bases

Al Shabaab militants attacked two military bases belonging to the Somali National Army early on Saturday morning, witnesses and the militants said. Al Shabaab, which is linked to al-Qaeda, is…

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At least 20 killed by suicide car bomb near restaurant in Somalia capital

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - At least 20 people were killed and 30 wounded by a suicide car bomb just outside a restaurant near the port in Somalia's capital Mogadishu late on…

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UN report offers rare glimpse into finances of Somali Islamists

Somalia’s Islamist insurgents are moving millions of dollars through the formal bank system and appear to be investing in businesses and real estate, according to a United Nations report offering…

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Islamic militants attack US military base and EU patrol in Somalia

Al-Shabab extremists on Monday staged an attack on a US military base in Somalia, which is used to launch drone strikes. An Italian military convoy in the Somali capital was…

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More than 2 million expected to go hungry in Somalia

Somalia’s 2019 cereal harvest is the poorest the country has seen since 2011, when famine strained already scarce resources, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), announced, blaming unreliable weather patterns and “climatic shocks”. Delayed…

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Men accused of facilitating the killing of Paul Formosa in Somalia sentenced to death

The men accused of killing Maltese port manager Paul Formosa in Somalia last February were sentenced to death by a military tribunal, Somali media report. The Somali website Garowe Online…

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