Ilhan Omar's father, Nur Omar Mohamed, committed war crimes as a military officer in Somalia before immigrating ... who "was Benadiri, a Somali ethnic minority who trace their lineage to Persians ...

The breakaway republic argues Berbera port and airbase are not Somalia's to give away. No group has claimed responsibility, but an official said the attack followed a pattern of raids by Islamist ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Share NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A German nurse ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - For the better part of Wednesday, heavy fighting was reported in Masaajid Cali Gaduud town after the Al-Shabaab attack, with the ambush coming at the time President Hassan Sheikh ...

STUTTGART, Germany — A series of airstrikes this week killed multiple Islamic militants in Somalia, U.S. Africa Command said Wednesday. The strikes, which were in coordination with the Somali ...

The Islamic State in Somalia, founded in 2015 by Sheikh Abdulqader Muumin, capitalised on Puntland’s smuggling networks and rugged terrain to grow. Before the establishment of the Islamic State in ...

The win puts the Desert Foxes on 15 points leaving Mozambique on 12 while Botswana who beat hard fighting Somalia 2-0 and Uganda, 1-0 winners over Guinea are on 9 points, six behind with four ...

On March 22, 2025, a Kenyan-registered De Havilland Canada DHC-5D Buffalo cargo plane crashed as it prepared to land at Mogadishu-Aden Abdulle International Airport (MGQ) in Somalia. According to the ...

The Somalia Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA) confirmed the incident on Saturday, March 22. SCAA stated that all the crew members on board "tragically" perished on the spot. Eighteen passengers have ...

The Islamic State in Somalia is an affiliate of the transnational militant group Islamic State, known in short as ISIS. Based in the semi-autonomous northern Somalia territory of Puntland, the ...

On March 22, the Somali Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA) announced that a De Havilland Aircraft of Canada DHC-5D Buffalo in the care of Trident Aviation Ltd. with the registry 5Y-RBA went down about 24 ...