The UN food agency says action should have been taken earlier, after a study finds nearly 260,000 people died during the recent famine in Somalia.

Women in Somalia are enjoying the independence of driving, after nearly two years of living under the strict rule of al-Shabaab.

Somalia's Supreme Court frees a journalist imprisoned for interviewing a woman who alleged she had been raped by security forces.

The UN Security Council authorises the partial lifting of the ban on selling weapons to Somalia - the world's oldest such embargo.

pThe United States formally recognized the government of Somalia on Thursday for the first time in more than two decades, marking what the Obama administration declared a major policy success in bringi...

Rebels in Somalia say a second French soldier died after the failed attempt to free hostage Denis Allex, adding that his fate will soon be revealed.

pPARIS ? As France reinforced its intervention forces in Mali with additional aircraft and soldiers, French commandos launched a failed raid on the other side of Africa in a vain attempt to rescue an i...

pPARIS ? As France reinforced its intervention forces in Mali with additional aircraft and soldiers, French commandos launched a failed raid on the other side of Africa in a vain attempt to rescue an i...

At least 55 people are believed to have drowned after a boat capsizes off the coast of Somalia, the UN says.

At least 31 people are killed or wounded in a blast and clashes between Islamists and troops from Somalia's Puntland region, officials say.