VOA News Somalia has removed its top intelligence official and is on high alert following the Monday killing of al-Shabab#39;s leader in a U.S. airstrike. National...

MOGADISHU, Somalia ? A commander of the Somali-based extremist group, al-Shabab, says a new leader has been appointed following Monday's killing of Ahmed Abdi Godane in a U.S. airstrike. Abu Mohammed s...

New York, US (PANA) - Members of the UN Security Council visited Mogadishu, Somalia, on Wednesday to review progress made by the Federal Government and to demonstrate their continued support for the co...

The Pentagon confirmed Friday that Ahmed Abdi Godane, the leader of Somalia's Al Qaeda-affiliated Shabab militants, was killed in a U.S. airstrike that took place early this week. Godane, 37, was kille...

Mohammed Yusuf NAIROBI? Somaliarsquo;s semi-autonomous Puntland region has cut ties with the central government after it learned of a plan to form a new federal state in the center of the country that ...

[Shabelle]Dahir Amin Jeesow who is among Members of the Somali Federal Parliament reported to Shabelle that there is no federal or regional state in Somalia that is based on legality and national laws....

Somalia's government offers an amnesty to fighters of Islamist group al-Shabab, amid uncertainty over whether its leader survived a US air strike.

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The gradual recovery and gains made since the end of the famine in 2012 are being lost as poor rains, conflict and trade disruptions have led to a worsening of the food security...

Fighting between al-Shabab and government and African Union (AU) troops in the central Hiran region has left 18 people dead on both sides, the Somalian armed group has said. Al-Shabab spokesman Abdulaz...

New York, US (PANA) - A UN independent expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia, Bahame Tom Nyanduga, on Friday urged the international community to "act now" to avert a humanitarian disaster...