The Las Anod conflict complicates the mission for true independence from Somalia
Abdallae Ahmed Mumin recalls being shot at and threatened in the line of duty. He escaped with his life, but not all his peers were so lucky.
The Mail & Guardian spoke to Somalis about their relatives who disappeared after signing up for military training and fear they may have been killed
Abdirahman Yusuf was determined to document the pandemic, so he
went to the place that scared him most — the Covid-19 hospital
Hodan Nalayeh was a Somali journalist famous for telling uplifting, positive stories about her country. She was killed in a terrorist attack in Kismayo in July 2019. A year later, the writer Ifrah Udgoon remembers how Nalayeh’s life and work shaped her own
In this memoir, the first Somali-American woman elected to the US Congress describes how she got there
In less than a week, 16 000 Somalis called into the government’s new coronavirus hotline. Dr Jihan Ali works there, advising callers and collecting and providing data to colleagues
Fewer journalists have been killed since President Farmajoo came to power in 2017, but general freedom of expression has been sharply curtailed, as detailed in a new Amnesty International report
The self-governing territory’s president received a head of state’s welcome in Guinea, much to Somalia’s fury
Actor Amitabh Bachchan may not know it, but he has been a superstar in Mogadishu for years
"For me the image captures a normal moment in an abnormal situation"
Shroud of secrecy around civilian deaths masks possible war crimes
A man involved in the attack that killed hundreds in Somalia’s capital was executed as the country commemorated the first anniversary of the blast
But is Hargeisa sacrificing its values in its quest for independence?
Trump’s new relaxed rules of engagement are killing civilians and breeding the next generation of anti-US fighters.
The president and citizens believe they must urgently stop al-Shabab ‘before they kill all of us’
Volunteer paramedics braved danger to minimise casualties in the country’s worst-ever terror attack
Despite years of conflict, al-Shabab remains a potent military and political force, able to occupy territory and launch terror attacks
Unlike other tragedies such as Las Vegas and Manchester, there has been no outpouring on social media for the deadly blast in Somalia.
The international relations department said “the SA government will continue to … explore long-term solutions to the scourge of terrorism"
Without Aamin Ambulance, the horrifying death toll would have been even higher
Abu and Gardere worked as teachers in Somalia before joining Islamic extremist group al-Shabab. But what made them decide to leave?
At least 276 people have been killed and 300 injured by a massive truck bomb that tore through a busy shopping district of Mogadishu
World leaders from the United States, Britain, Canada and France on Sunday strongly condemned the weekend suicide bombing.
Militant group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for an attack which the United Nations has called an "attack against the people".
Hooded soldiers carrying sniper rifles have unleashed a sweeping crackdown across Mogadishu in a hunt for militants and weapons.
Al-Shabab says "Western" forces attacked a house in one of its coastal bases in the town of Barawe under the cover of dark, killing one rebel fighter.
Julius Malema walks the lonely road to court, the Proteas take a lonely flight home and SA spooked by UK spies.
Somalia’s al-Qaeda linked al-Shabab insurgents have shot and blasted their way into the UN compound in Mogadishu, leaving eight people dead.
If it wasn’t for the occasional bomb blast in Mogadishu the country would likely have fallen off the radar for many people.
The South African government has expressed shock at the recent violent attacks in the Somali capital of Mogadishu.
At least 16 people were killed as two car bombs exploded outside the law courts in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu and gunmen stormed the building.