[State Department]Excerpt from the United States Department of State Daily Press Briefing

At least 19 al-Shabaab terrorists were killed in a military operation in Somaliarsquo;s Lower Juba province on Monday, the Defense Ministry said. The military operation was carried out by the Somali Na...

As President Donald Trump overhauls U.S. policy in Africa ? slashing foreign aid programs and paring back assistance for allied forces in the region ? al-Shabab militants are on the march in Somalia. O...

Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia's army chief warned on Saturday that the deployment of Egyptian troops to neighbouring Somalia poses a growing threat to Ethiopia's national security, amid heightened regional t...

Warshiikh, Somalia - In a powerful show of...

Download logo Jorge Moreira da Silva, UN Under-Secretary-General and UNOPS Executive Director, is scheduled to visit the Africa region, in a five-day visit that will take him to Ethiopia, Somalia and S...

Mogadishu, June 9 -- Somalia's main opposition coalition, the Somali Salvation Forum, on Monday rejected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's scheduled talks on June 15 and 22, saying they lack broad poli...

MOGADISHU, Somalia ? A suicide bomber in the Somali capital on Sunday targeted young recruits waiting to register at a military camp, killing at least 13 and wounded 21 others, witnesses said. Mogadish...

Download logo The European Union in Somalia celebrated Europe Day 2025, commemorating the 75th...

Kampala, Uganda, May 15, 2025 ? Somali security personnel have arrested, assaulted, or harassed at least 41 private-media journalists since mid-March, in what local press rights groups have called a ?p...