Addis Abeba — For decades, the international community has held fast to the aspiration of a unified Somalia. Yet that vision--however noble--no longer corresponds with realities on the ground.

The Somali army is training a special force skilled in asymmetrical warfare to deal with terror gang, Al- Shabaab, which has held the country under a stranglehold for ...

There have been fewer good years lately. The problem is chaos in the African nation of Somalia on the east coast of the Red Sea and the Arab nation of Yemen on the west coast. In Somalia Al Shabab ...

Egypt, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) strongly condemned a suicide bombing Sunday near a military base in the Somali capital Mogadishu. In a statement, Egypt’s Foreign Ministry ...

Controversial internet personality Ramsey "Johnny Somali" Khalid Ismael has reportedly pleaded guilty to charges that could land him in jail for up to five years in South Korea. On May 16 ...

Hashi shares these concerns. Especially in her community. “It’s a growing problem in the Somali community,” said Hashi, who moved here from Ethiopia in 2011 and is ethnically Somali.

One of Somalia’s leading Muslim sects has transformed into a political party and plans to contest for presidential elections set for May 2026. The sect’s spiritual leader in Somalia ...