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MOGADISHU — Somalia's president survived an assassination bid Wednesday, just two days into his new job, when bomb blasts claimed…

Somalia's lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Monday for Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the country's next president, with the streets of the…

Rioters clashed with police in Kenya's port city of Mombasa for a second day Tuesday, after the killing of a…

  MOGADISHU  — Thousands of Somalis gathered in a Mogadishu sports stadium Monday to celebrate the one-year mark since African Union and…

Gunmen shot dead a well-known comedian known for poking fun at Al-Qaeda linked Al-Shabab insurgents in the Somali capital Mogadishu,…

MOGADISHU, Somalia — An explosion Wednesday at a ceremony at Somalia's national theater killed at least 10 people including two…

MOGADISHU - Kenyan tanks, artillery and hundreds of fighters are moving through militant territory in Somalia, residents said Monday. Fighter…

MOGADISHU - Islamist militants detonated a truck bomb Tuesday in front of the education ministry in Somalia's capital as students…

MOGADISHU - Thousands of Somalis attended a rally on Tuesday to celebrate the withdrawal of Islamist rebels from bases in…

DAR ES SALAM, Tanzania - Somalia's President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed promised on Wednesday to rid the country of the Islamist…