There are additional reports of mortar shells hitting the heavily guarded Xalane compound, located within the Aden Adde International Airport compound in Mogadishu.
The shells, which were heard in some districts of the Banadir region, reportedly landed directly inside the Xalane compound.
Unconfirmed reports also indicate that two mortar shells landed...
The British government has said it is working with Somaliland to combat the Al-Shabaab and Houthis, who it says pose a threat to both London and Hargeisa.
Gavin Williamson, a member of the British Parliament and former Defence Secretary, asked the Foreign Secretary: "In combating the Houthis, who are supported...
A boy and a girl from Berbera attempted suicide on Tuesday. The boy drank poison, while the girl hanged herself.
The boy, identified as Ali Mohamed Abdalle, drank poison after a fight with a woman he married. He was rushed to the Berbera General Hospital in critical condition, where he...
Reports from Hiran region indicate that on his first night in the front lines of the war against Al-Shabaab, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud held a meeting in Moqokori district with the Hirshabelle leadership and officers of the forces leading the country's liberation operations.
The President briefed the Hirshabelle Vice...
At least eight people, mostly civilians, were killed in a blast today targeting a convoy carrying Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud near the El-Gaabta intersection in the Hamar Jajab district of Mogadishu.
The attack hit one of the president’s vehicles en route to the Mogadishu airport, as the president was...
The President of the Federal Government of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has recently arrived at the front lines of the war against the Al-Shabaab group, specifically in the Aden Yabaal district of the Middle Shabelle region.
A press release from the Somali Presidency stated that the purpose of the president’s...
Last night, Somali Police Force units were sent off in Mogadishu to join the fight against Al-Shabaab, especially in the Middle Shabelle region.
The Commander of the Somali Police Force, Brigadier General Asad Osman Abdullahi, accompanied by Deputy Commander Brigadier General Osman Abdullahi Mohamed, sent off the police force in...
Israel, which broke a ceasefire that had halted its bombing campaign in Gaza, killed at least 131 people and wounded more than 300 in a series of airstrikes overnight.
According to ABC News, Israel said it would “open the gates of hell to Gaza,” after Hamas failed to release the...
Somali Prime Minister Hamse Abdi Barre today reshuffled his cabinet, adding new members, and removing two ministers who had been part of the Dan Qaran government.
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mohamed Barre Mohamud, and the Minister of Transport and Aviation, Fardowsa Osman Cigaal, were removed from their posts...
The Somali federal government has provided further details on the casualties caused by heavy airstrikes targeting major Al-Shabaab positions in Jilib district in the Middle Juba region.
A government statement said the airstrikes were the largest ever carried out against the group in Jilib district, killing 20 Al-Shabaab leaders and...