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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Voting was underway Wednesday in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland in a key presidential election that was delayed for two years and comes as the Horn of Africa region ...

Somalia is facing one of the most severe emergencies in the worst global hunger crisis this century. As the Horn of Africa faces its worst drought in 40 years, 1.5 million children in Somalia – or one ...

Aisha Mohamed, 25, attended with her friend and felt "inspired" by the stories shared A group of young people, some who have faced challenges with mental health issues or cancer, has set up a ...

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It is helping Somalia defend its waters, and has signed a deal to explore for oil and gas off the east African nation’s coast. There have also been reports of advanced discussions to have Turkey ...

Police in Somalia say a suicide bomber killed at least seven people Thursday when he detonated an explosives-laden vest in front of a crowded restaurant in the capital, Mogadishu. Somali police ...

The returned Somali fighters established a Salafi militant organization al-Ittihad al-Islami (AIAI) during this time. Shortly after, Somalia descended into civil war, culminating in the collapse ...

NAIROBI, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Somalia has announced the expulsion of an Ethiopian diplomat, marking a further souring of relations between the neighbouring countries related to a port deal Addis ...

A federal jury has convicted an operative of a Somalian terrorist organization of conspiring to kill Americans in an attack modeled after the Sept. 11 hijackings. Cholo Abdi Abdullah, 34, was ...