Somalia’s insurgent group al Shabaab introduced sharia law in Baidoa on Tuesday, a day after taking the town that had been a government stronghold.

Somali lawmakers on Tuesday extended by five days the time period needed to elect a new president.

Ethiopian troops allied to Somalia’s shaky government shot dead 13 civilians after an explosion killed two soldiers on Wednesday, witnesses in south-western Somalia said. Witness…

Gunmen threw grenades at the home of the regional police chief in south-western Somalia, killing two of his grandchildren and a bodyguard while he escaped injury, authorities…