Al-Shabab rebels have seized the central Somali town of Mahaas after an assault involving explosions and a ground offensive.

Somalia troops last week engaged in a turf war for the control of Bula Hawa, a town close to the Kenyan border in Gedo region ...

Mogadishu's designation as the World's Most Dangerous City was unofficial, of course, but widely applied. The U.N. and embassies pulled out in the 1990s, following the collapse of the last fully ...

The Economist's July 24, 2025, article--painting Somalia's state-building as faltering and warning Mogadishu could fall to al ...

Mogadishu Mall, the first mall in Somalia, a result of diaspora investment in the country, Aug. 1, 2017. Verbatim for TIME Students at Simad University learn advanced English, Aug. 1, 2017.

MOGADISHU, Somalia --Somali survivors early Thursday described harrowing scenes from the night-long siege of a popular Mogadishu restaurant by al-Shabab Islamic extremists that was ended by ...

Mogadishu’s gradual return to normalcy did not begin only with the ousting of al-Shabab in August 2011, but also with a series of visits by presidents and diplomats from around the world.

Ex-minister Abdirahman Aynte said the party will confront systemic injustice, and dismantle entrenched corruption.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The crowd - both men and women - cheered wildly as two Mogadishu basketball teams entered an old stadium that once bore the bloodstains of war.

Mogadishu, the capital war-torn city of Somalia, is losing a label it never wanted in the first place: The World's Most Dangerous City.

Mogadishu's designation as the World's Most Dangerous City was unofficial, of course, but widely applied. The U.N. and embassies pulled out in the 1990s, following the collapse of the last fully ...