Firefighters battled intense car fires after a deadly African Union military helicopter crash in Mogadishu. Thick black smoke ...

At least three people were killed on Wednesday when a military helicopter serving the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia crashed at the airport in the capital, Mogadishu. The helicopter, ...

Fighting continues Tuesday in the town of Abudwak, in central Somalia's Galgaduud region, following deadly clashes Monday between Galmudug police forces and armed militias loyal to local hotel owners.

As I settled in Bosaso, I felt the first time at home. Bosaso was an open city with fewer scars of the civil war, and business was the main ...

Mogadishu's rapid expansion after decades of war is giving unexpected opportunities in a male-dominated society.

MOGADISHU: A siege by Al-Shabaab Islamist militants at a popular hotel near the presidential palace in the Somali capital Mogadishu ended on Friday after more than 13 hours with all the gunmen ...

A 13-hour siege of a popular hotel near government buildings in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, has ended after the al-Shabab fighters who had taken control of the building were killed by security ...

And in August 2022, 21 people were killed and more than 100 injured in a 30-hour siege on Mogadishu’s Hayat Hotel.

No official casualty toll or comments from the Somali government have been provided after the attack. The SYL hotel in Mogadishu has been targeted by Sunni militant group Al-Shabab in the past.

Al-Shabab group claims responsibility for attackFILE - Somali security forces guard the entrance to the SYL hotel in Mogadishu, Dec. 11, 2019. The extremist group al-Shabab said March 14, 2024 ...

Al-Shabab fighters in Somalia stormed a heavily guarded hotel in downtown Mogadishu on Thursday evening, witnesses and officials said. A resident told VOA that an explosion was detonated outside ...

Six civilians were killed and 10 wounded in a six-hour siege by Al Shabaab militants at a beachside hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, police said Saturday, adding that three officers also died ...