Somalia

20 Jan 2019

The US military yesterday said it had carried out its deadliest airstrike in Somalia in months, killing 52 al-Shabab extremists after a "large group" mounted an attack on Somali forces.

24 Dec 2018

As we are stepping into 2019, we have also started making our travel lists.

27 Jun 2018

After months of legal battles, as the US Supreme Court (SC) upheld Donald Trump's travel ban yesterday, the President hailed the verdict on Twitter with a simple 'wow.'

15 Oct 2017

The death toll from the powerful twin bomb blasts that struck Somalia's capital Mogadishu has climbed to 189 with over 200 injured; the numbers are expected to rise.

11 Apr 2017

Somali security forces rescued an Indian cargo ship hijacked by pirates, but could save only two of the ten-men crew.

03 Apr 2017

Sources have confirmed that an Indian vessel has been hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia.

12 Mar 2017

The United Nations humanitarian chief Stephen O'Brien said that the "world is facing its largest humanitarian crisis since the end of second world war in 1945."

10 Feb 2017

Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, a former prime minister and a Somali-US citizen won Somalia's long-postponed presidential election.