Gunmen kill two men and wound a Swedish female politician in an attack in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, police say.

Two top Islamist militants, from the US and UK, have been killed in Somalia after falling out with al-Shabab, witnesses say.

The authorities in Somalia launch a campaign to get one million more children into schools, a bid backed by the UN children's agency.

The UN warns of a severe outbreak of polio in Somalia, days after a medical charity pulled out of the country, citing insecurity.

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) announces that it is closing all its programmes in Somalia after 22 years due to attacks on its staff.

The UK government is being urged to stop Barclays closing the last account in Somalia which allows the country's citizens overseas to send money back home.

At least 18 dead as rival groups battle for control of southern Somalian port city of Kismayu.

Trade in lemons and spaghetti highlights Somalia's progress

Aar Maanta is a singer and songwriter who fled Somalia's civil war in the 1980s and has spent much of his life in the United Kingdom. He spoke to BBC Africa's Sophie Ikenye.

Fighting deadly child diseases in Somalia