Somalia

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

  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,…

Somalia's president has shielded a top pirate leader from arrest by issuing him a diplomatic passport, according to a United…

Funky dancing in a seaside bar, Vespa scooters on elegant, broad boulevards: the faded images of a lost Somalia and…

MOGADISHU — Somalia's embattled central government will not argue with semi-autonomous Puntland over potential oil revenues for fear of scuttling a…

Somalia's last president before the country erupted into decades of war made an ominous warning: Force him from power, and…

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

NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali insurgents have shut down food aid distribution by a major aid group because they say the…