Imagine a place where your family name is more important than your ideas. This is Somalia, where clan loyalty is more powerful than any law. The current voting system is like a dance everyone knows.

Somalia is once again standing at a dangerous political crossroads. What began as disagreements over elections and constitutional amendments ...

The warring factions that have devastated Somalia have signed their latest, fourteenth peace agreement in neighbouring Kenya. A clear-eyed observer of his country s affairs asks if it can open a space ...

Before the establishment of the Islamic State in Somalia in 2015, the Somali jihadist group al-Shabaab had established itself in the north. The small group had extensive connections to smuggling ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Federal Republic of Somalia will now have express authority to purchase arms without much restrictions, the United Nations Security Council [UNSC] has approved, ending three ...

In a pleasant but unassuming home on the outskirts of Columbus lived a man who helped shape the course of history some 7,600 miles away. The street in a planned suburban subdivision in Jefferson ...

Some 30 years after the event of the battle for Mogadishu that changed US foreign policy forever, Mohammed Abdi Elmi launched a book in the Somali capital titled The Battle of Mogadishu. A witness to ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Five hundred years ago, an Imam who ruled much of what is now Somalia, led a daring invasion of Christian Ethiopia, looting monasteries, burning down churches and slaying all who ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Somalia is again in the grip of a devastating drought, with rivers dry, crops failed and pastoral families losing ...