Somalia will begin preparations to boost teaching of the Swahili language in schools and universities, its president says. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud made the announcement on Tuesday at an East ...

MOGADISHU, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Somali government forces were fighting on Saturday to repel al Shabaab militants who stormed a high-security underground prison in the capital Mogadishu, a witness and the ...

All seven attackers who stormed a major prison complex in Mogadishu have been killed following an hours-long gun battle in the largest such assault on the capital in recent months, the Somali ...

Mogadishu, Somalia — Somalia's Minister of Defence, Ahmed Moalim Fiqi, announced Sunday that national army forces have made significant territorial gains against Al-Shabaab militants in the southern ...

English is the main language of instruction at senior schools in Somalia Somalia is to introduce Swahili, the lingua franca of East Africa, to its national curriculum, the president has announced.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday compared the Democratic Party to an African country. The comments came as he said he asked a world leader to “take” Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, an ...

The Federal Government of Somalia has reportedly activated its long-prepared contingency strategy -- dubbed "Plan B" -- following the collapse of reconciliation talks between President Hassan Sheikh ...

Seven al-Shabab militants who attacked a high-security prison in Somalia's capital have all been killed, the country's government has said. A huge explosion and gunfire were heard coming from Godka ...

NAIROBI, Oct 3 (Reuters) - The United Nations World Food Programme said on Friday it will slash the number of people it supports with emergency food aid in Somalia by two-thirds to just 350,000 next ...

One of the Twin Cities’ most outspoken Somali advocates was still in jail Tuesday afternoon on charges of immigration fraud. Omar Jamal, executive director of the Somali Justice Advocacy Center, was ...

On December 13, 2023, the Executive Boards of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA) approved Somalia’s Completion Point under the ...

He’s eternally anchored in gratitude. Nearly two decades after Capt. Rich Phillips endured a near-death ordeal at the hands of Somali Pirates off the East African coast, he is still constantly showing ...