[UN News] The threat of famine is very real in Somalia and South Sudan and urgent action is needed now to avoid a catastrophe, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday.

[RFI] Drought and increasing food prices are putting millions of people in Somalia at risk of famine, several United Nations agencies have warned, and the country is not receiving the amount of aid it needs to address the crisis, as other global emer...

[DW] Officials say an ongoing drought in the East African country is the worst in a decade. Hundreds of thousands of children could starve if a famine sets in.

[VOA] Mogadishu -- Somalia's first women-run radio and television outlet has opened in the capital, Mogadishu. United Nations-supported Bilan Media will produce content aimed at addressing issues affecting women and champion women's rights in the con...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The United States government has issued a bounty of up to USD 5 million for information on Mahad Karate, alias Abdirahman Mohamed Warsame, a high-ranking member of Amniyat, Al-Shabab's intelligence and security wing.

[CPJ] Nairobi -- Authorities in the breakaway region of Somaliland should unconditionally release freelance online journalist Abdisalan Ahmed Awad and hold the intelligence officers who harassed and assaulted him and two other journalists responsible...

[Shabelle] KISMAYO [SMN] - Jubbaland President Ahmed Madobe last night addressed the newly elected members of the two houses of the federal parliament in Kismayo city.

[Shabelle] DINSOR - Al-Shabaab militants launch a mortar attack on an Ethiopian military base in the Dinsor district in the Bay region, followed by heavy fighting.

[Shabelle] Two members of al-Shabab surrendered to government forces on Saturday, the Somali military said on Sunday.

[Shabelle] The African Union Chairperson said he has full confidence in the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Madeira.

[We Cannot Wait Consortium] We as the women's rights activists of the We Cannot Wait Consortium* are in mourning after the loss of MP Amina Mohamed Abdi who was killed along with 47 others in a suicide bomb attack in Beledweyn. Amina was a member of ...

[Shabelle] Somalia's prime minister on Thursday expelled the African Union representative because of acts incompatible with his status though Somalia's president rejected the order, signaling a new rift between the Somali leaders.

[VOA] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somalia's top leaders are at odds again after Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble ordered the expulsion of an African Union envoy heard criticizing the head of government on leaked audio files. President Mohamed Abdullahi...

[UN News] The UN chief issued a statement on Wednesday welcoming the transition to a new African Union (AU) mission in Somalia, pledging the Organization's "unwavering commitment" to the country, the mission, and the Somali security forces in their o...

[VOA] Washington -- Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble declared Ambassador Francisco Madeira, the African Union chair's special representative for Somalia, persona non grata and ordered him to leave the country within 48 hours.

[allAfrica] A massive fire in the Somaliland's central market in Hargeisa has plunged the country into mourning. The flare-up began on Friday, 1 April and continued into Saturday. International solidarity followed the tragedy, including from Somalia...

[VOA] Halifax -- Somali-born refugee Ali Duale has positive memories of his arrival in Canada's Atlantic province of Nova Scotia, where he first entered his hotel room to find a welcoming note in his native language along with hygienic supplies and a...

[Shabelle] Mogadishu - Somalia's international partners are encouraged that more than 91 per cent of the House of the People seats have now been chosen. We trust that this represents unstoppable momentum to complete the remaining seats very soon.

[Shabelle] MOGADISHU - The al-Qaeda-allied al-Shabab militant group has dismissed reports that it was planning an attack against the Somali president and prime minister.

[VOA] Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) says terrorist group al-Shabab is plotting to assassinate the country's president and prime minister.

[DW] Although Somalia now has a quota system for female lawmakers, women are frequently held back from pursuing leadership roles due to pervasive cultural and social barriers.

[Shabelle] MOGADISHU - The Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani exchanged greetings with HE President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo on the advent of the holy month of Ramadan, in a phone call HH the Amir received on Mo...

[Dalsan Radio] As the holy month of Ramadan observed by Muslims across the world approaches, Somalia is facing its most severe drought in the last decade. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is responding to the urgent needs of the po...

[Dalsan Radio] As the World marks today April 4 the International Day for Mine Awareness, from 2016 to January 2022, with UNMAS support, the Somali Police Forces, AMISOM and non-governmental organizations have successfully destroyed 20,377 explosive ...

[Dalsan Radio] Somali National Army SNA special commandos (Danab) has killed 7 Alshabab militants in a security operation near Wasil town in Mudug region,

[DW] Politicians in Somaliland have appealed for aid to help store owners who lost everything in a massive blaze at the central market in Hargeisa. The market is said to account for up to half the city's economy.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya has expressed solidarity with Somaliland after a fire at Waheen market on Friday which is considered Hargeisa's lifeblood.

[Dalsan Radio] Rabat -- Chief diplomats from Morocco and Somalia have reviewed long-standing diplomatic relations between the two countries, calling for further cooperation in areas such as regional stability.

[VOA] A huge fire engulfed the main market in the city of Hargeisa in northern Somalia Saturday, injuring at least 28 people and destroying hundreds of businesses, city authorities and witnesses said.

[Shabelle] MOGADISHU, Somalia - The chairman of the Federal Electoral Commission, Muse Gulle Yusuf, has fired the Secretary-General of the Federal Electoral Commission [FEIT] on Friday.