The United States military said Thursday it carried out an airstrike in southern Somalia, killing two members of the Al-Qaeda ...

Famine, civil war, Kalashnikovs, despots… We hear the ... Islamic extremist group Al Shabab has hindered this progress but the Somali army and African Union troops have pushed them back from ...

Nearly six million people in Somalia, almost a third of the country's population, need humanitarian aid this year, the United Nations said Wednesday as it launched a $1.43 billion funding appeal.

The country will serve for two-year terms. It will be the first time Somalia, which descended into civil war more than 30 years ago, has held the position since the 1970s. The country was elected ...