Somalia

Why Israel was right to recognize Somaliland - opinion

Somaliland’s six million people see Israel’s recognition as a long-overdue reward for decades of successful state-building.

An illustrative image of a Somaliland flag being held.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry speaks during a press conference after a meeting with his Greek counterpart in Athens on May 20, 2024.

Egypt boosts military presence in Somalia after Israel recognizes Somaliland - report

The crowded "Hebrew district" of New York's Lower East Side, c. 1907.

A century before Trump targeted Somalis, Jews faced politics of blame 

Residents wave Somali flags as they attend a rally denouncing Israel’s recognition of the breakaway Somaliland region, during a gathering calling for Somalia’s territorial unity, in Mogadishu, Dec. 30.

Somaliland’s lost and forgotten Jews: Inside Horn of Africa's Jewish past - opinion


At least 90 people killed in Somalia checkpoint blast

The dead included many students and two Turkish nationals, the Somali foreign minister said.

A general view shows the scene of a car bomb explosion at a checkpoint in Mogadishu, Somalia December 28, 2019

More than 250,000 people displaced after flooding in Somalia

A Somali boy stands on a junk vehicle after heavy rain flooded their neighbourhood in Mogadishu

Iranian held by Somali pirates since 2015 freed

Three Iranians sailors are still being held, Mousavi said.

Marines Turkish frigate 'Gediz' arrest suspected pirates 390

Somali reporter killed in terror attack, her goal was to show 'positive'

Somali-Canadian television personality Hodan Nalayeh was reported killed in the Al Shabaab complex attack in Kismayo which targeted reporters and activists for a civic society in Somalia.

A general view shows people at the scene of a suicide car explosion at a check point near Somali Parliament building in Mogadishu, Somalia June 15, 2019

U.S. air strike kills 13 Islamic State fighters in Somalia - U.S. military

The US military has stepped up its campaign of air strikes in Somalia since President Donald Trump took office, saying it has killed more than 800 militants in two years.

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U.S. air force strikes ISIS fighters in Somalia, killing three

A witness said missiles struck two wells on the outskirts of Timirshe village, some 60km southeast of Puntland's commercial capital Bosaso.

Policemen security forces secure the scene where al-Shabaab militia stormed a government building in Mogadishu

Top Somalian ISIS leader killed in U.S. airstrike

Abdulhakim Dhuqub was responsible for the daily operations of the extremist group, attack planning and resource procurement.

Al Shabab terrorists in Somalia

Amnesty Int'l says U.S. strikes in Somalia kill large numbers of civilians

The US military rejected Amnesty's report. It says it has killed 800 militants in air strikes in Somalia over that period, but has not wounded or killed a single civilian.

SOMALIA: Until 2011, al Shabaab controlled much of the Horn of Africa country including Mogadishu. Its militants often stage bomb and gun attacks in the capital in their quest to topple the Western-backed government and impose their own strict interpretation of sharia (Islamic law) on the nation. In

ADL chief too quick to forgive Rep. Omar for antisemitic comment: ZOA

Head of ADL Jonathan Greenblatt slammed for saying 'hats off' to Omar, whom ZOA still considers to be pro-ISIS.

DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL candidate Ilhan Omar takes a selfie with supporters after appearing at her election party.

Somaliland: A potential Israeli geopolitical success

“What is painful is that the world knows that Somaliland is different from Somalia, always has been, always will be, and that it refuses to recognize that difference.”

Women in the Somaliland, wearing the colors of the Somaliland flag, prior to parliamentary elections in 2005.