Somalia | Today's latest from Al Jazeera
Oct 10, 2024 · Stay on top of Somalia latest developments on the ground with Al Jazeera’s fact-based news, exclusive video footage, photos and updated maps.
Somalia - BBC News
Aug 5, 2024 · Somali police seize hundreds of veils amid security fears. Security forces in Somalia's Jubaland state are waging a "fight" against the niqab, a police boss says. Africa.
Voting underway in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland - AP News
1 day ago · Updated 12:07 AM PST, November 13, 2024. MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Voting was underway Wednesday in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland in a key presidential election that was delayed for two years and comes as the Horn of Africa region is experiencing political tension. Local media showed voters waiting in line to cast their ballots ...
Somalia | AP News
Somalia is asking the United Nations to terminate its political mission in the country, which has been assisting the government to bring peace and stability in the face of attacks by the al-Qaida-linked extremist group al-Shabab.
Beach Attack in Somalia Kills at Least 32 - The New York Times
Aug 3, 2024 · A suicide bomber detonated explosives outside a hotel in a popular beachfront area in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, before gunmen stormed the building, setting off a four-hour siege that left at...
Somaliland eyes recognition as it goes to polls | Elections News
1 day ago · Voters in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland have gone to the polls to choose a president in a key election that was delayed for two years. More than 1 million people were expected to cast ...
UN takes key steps toward Somalia’s takeover of its own ... - AP News
Aug 16, 2024 · UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to authorize the African Union to maintain its peacekeeping operation in Somalia until the end of the year, while also calling for plans for a successor mission, a key step toward the country’s takeover of its own security.
Somalia asks peacekeepers to slow withdrawal, fears armed group ...
Jun 20, 2024 · Somalia’s government is seeking to slow the withdrawal of African peacekeepers and warning of a potential security vacuum, documents seen by Reuters news agency show, with neighbouring...
Somalia conflict: UN helicopter and passengers seized by al-Shabab - BBC
Jan 10, 2024 · The Somali armed Islamist group al-Shabab has seized a United Nations helicopter, along with about eight people, both passengers and crew, local sources have told the BBC.
Voting underway in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland
1 day ago · November 13, 2024 at 3:08 a.m. EST. MOGADISHU, Somalia — Voting was underway Wednesday in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland in a key presidential election that was delayed for two years ...