The Al Qaeda affiliate threatens to take Mogadishu 15 years after being expelled. In Somalia, there is a more reliable indicator than any intelligence report, a data point that shows the levels of ...

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

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.

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

Somali Airlines was originally founded in 1964, with the help of the former Italian flag carrier Alitalia, having closer ties ...

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.

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.

Ahmed Jama near Mogadishu’s fish market, where he makes daily purchases for his restaurants. Behind him are the ruins of a hotel. Photographs by Jonathan Torgovnik/Reportage by Getty Images.

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 ...

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.