[VOA] Wajir, Kenya -- A Kenyan official says suspected al-Shabab militants have carjacked an ambulance in the country's northeast and abducted four people - the driver, two paramedics, and a patient - and taken them toward the border with Somalia.

[IPS] Urbana, Illinois, USA -- The statistics are stark. The crisis is unprecedented. Yet again, according to the United Nations, famine looms in Somalia, with hundreds of thousands already facing starvation. In addition, droughts, and catastrophic h...

[Shabelle] The U.S. Embassy in Mogadishu continues to closely monitor the security situation in the city of Mogadishu, including Aden Adde Airport.

[VOA] Baidoa, Somalia -- Somali authorities are scrambling to avert famine from a record drought that has affected nearly eight million Somalis, or half the population. The largest city in Somalia's South West state, Baidoa, is bearing the brunt as t...

[VOA] Washington -- The United States is trying to curb the flow of weapons to the Islamic State terror group's affiliate in Somalia, taking aim at a smuggling operation that is also helping to arm its al-Qaida-linked rival, al-Shabab, with weapons f...

[VOA] The death toll from two al-Shabab bombings in Mogadishu has risen to 121, Somalia's Health Minister Dr. Ali Haji Adam, said Tuesday.

[Shabelle] The minister of foreign affairs Abshir Omar Haruse held a meeting with his Kuwait counterpart Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Monday in Algeria.

[State Department] The United States has designated an Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)-Somalia network of weapons traffickers, their associates, and an affiliated business for facilitating weapons transfers to the terrorist group, as well as O...

[VOA] Mogadishu -- Somalia's government has promised support for victims of the twin bombings in the capital Saturday that killed at least 100 people and injured close to 300 others. Saturday's attack by al-Shabab comes as security forces have been w...

[The Exchange] The diplomatic Somalia-China relations have played a crucial role in Chinese government developing over 80 infrastructure projects in Somalia, including the national stadium, Banadir hospital, and north-south highway.

[The New Humanitarian] Mogadishu -- 'The aid is not enough. It's only a drop in the ocean.'

[VOA] Washington -- There has been huge increase in death toll from the two successive car bombings in Somalia Saturday.

[DW] Car bombings by al-Shabab at the weekend claimed the lives of 100 people in the Somali capital Mogadishu, spotlighting one of Africa's deadliest insurgencies. But who is the group? And what does it seek to achieve?

[Shabelle] MOGADISHU -- Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud along with Galmudug state leader and ministers visited the site of twin blasts in Mogadishu on Saturday.

[African Union] Addis Ababa -- The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, condemns in the strongest terms the horrific terrorist attack that killed more than 100 innocent civilians and wounded many more in Mogadishu, S...

[Shabelle] The Somali forces have retaken Ali Gadud Mosque in the Middle Shabelle region this morning, where they have been struggling to control it for the past few days.

[Shabelle] MOGADISHU -- Turkey has condemned car bombings in Somalia's capital on Saturday which killed dozens and wounded scores.

[Shabelle] MOGADISHU -- The Ministry of Information of the Federal Republic of Somalia condemns yesterday's heinous terrorist attack in Mogadishu that left above 100 innocent civilians killed and over one hundred more injured.

[Shabelle] The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns the twin car bomb explosions in Mogadishu today, which claimed the life of M24 TV journalist Mohamed Isse Hassan and severely injured two other journalists and a camera assistant.

[DW] Witnesses and police reported two large blasts in the Somali capital not far from government offices. Numerous people are believed to have been injured and killed in the attack.

[VOA] Mogadishu, Washington -- A journalist was among those killed, and media workers and first responders were injured in a double car bombing Saturday in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.

[Nile Post] The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) force commander Lt Gen Diomede Ndegeya has applauded the Uganda military Contigent in Somalia for it's role in pacification and stabilisation of Somalia.

[Shabelle] Somali PM Hamza Abdi Barre paid a courtesy on Puntland president Said Abdullahi Deni at his residence in Mogadishu on Thursday night.

[The Conversation Africa] The Horn of Africa is facing its worst drought in 40 years. Scientists suspect that a multi-year La Niña cycle has been amplified by climate change to prolong dry and hot conditions.

[The Conversation Africa] Since 1990 the world's famines have been classified as small - with the glaring exceptions of Somalia in 1991-92 and 2010-12. Now the UN's World Food Programme says that nearly seven million Somalis face not being able to fi...

[Shabelle] The Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani held a telephone conversation with the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia H E Hassan Sheikh Mohamud yesterday.

[Shabelle] The Prime Minister of Somalia, Hamza Abdi Barre received the Head of the United Nations Support Office for Somalia (UNSOS) Lisa Filipetto in his office.

[Shabelle] The Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia H E Hamza Abdi Barre met yesterday Ambassador of Qatar Hassan bin Hamza Hashim on the occasion of the end of his tenure.

[VOA] Mogadishu -- Somali officials on Wednesday executed two ISIS militants convicted for carrying out assassinations on behalf of the al-Shabab terrorist group, marking the second execution of Islamist militants in a week. The executions are part o...

[Shabelle] Somali PM, Hamza Abdi Barre, hosted a farewell dinner on Tuesday night for the Qatari Ambassador to Somalia, Hassan Bin Hamsa Hashim.