Puntland was among the oppositions of Mohamed Siad Barre’s military regime — an era that silenced dissent, centralized power, ...

Mohamed Farrah Hassan Aidid was a Somali military commander and faction leader. A former general and diplomat, he was the chairman of the United Somali Congress and later led the Somali National ...

UNITED NATIONS/NAIROBI (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on Friday to remove the final restrictions on weapons deliveries to Somalia's government and its security forces, ...

Photo of the real Black Hawk Down soldiers shown in Netflix's docuseries 'Surviving Black Hawk Down'. Though Black Hawk Down is a fictionalized account of the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, the real ...

DJIBOUTI (Reuters) - Moderate Islamist leader Sheikh Sharif Ahmed was poised to win the Somali presidency on Saturday after the prime minister pulled out of an election in a special parliament session ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia, Nov. 30 -- Three bombers exploded cars outside the base of Somalia's interim government Thursday, killing themselves and five other people, officials said. The government blamed ...

* Warning to radio stations in capital shows rebels reach * Moderate Sufi fighters and Islamists militants clash By Ibrahim Mohamed MOGADISHU, April 14 (Reuters) - Islamist rebels warned private radio ...

On a dusty side street in Somalia’s former capital, there’s little that distinguishes Mohammed’s stall from the others. A grenade rests against a box of ammunition next to a row of AK-47s, and still ...

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Though Black Hawk Down is a fictionalized account of the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, the real American soldiers and Somalis who survived the deadly crash have their own harrowing tales to tell.