Local official says unexploded mortar detonated near to where mostly children – aged between 10 and 15 – were playing. A mortar
Ethiopia says soldiers stopped attackers before they could ‘wreck havoc’ in the border town of Dollo. Ethiopia says it foiled a suicide
When tiny Samia was brought to the UNICEF-supported medical centre in the southeastern port city of Bossaso in Somalia, her skin was
Announcement comes a week after al-Shabab fighters stormed a base housing African Union peacekeepers in Somalia. Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has announced
The AU mission is yet to confirm the number of casualties although al-Shabab claims to have killed 137 soldiers. Al-Shabab fighters have
After five consecutive failed rainy seasons, rate of fatalities could rise in first half of 2023, research finds. Somalia’s ongoing record drought
Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti are set to discuss a joint military offensive against the al-Qaeda affiliate. Somalia is hosting a summit
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, At least five injured in a huge explosion on Sunday that damaged buildings near the mayor’s office in the
The government and allied clan militias have forced the rebels from swathes of territory, in the latest offensive. Somalia’s government-led forces have
Al-Shabab is claiming responsibility for two car bombs in Hiraan after it was pushed out of the region. Two car bombs have