New seaport The New Mogadishu Maritime Port is designed with better facilities, including security for travellers, as Mogadishu seeks to raise its game to compete with bigger players in the region.

Erdogan, who has known both leaders for years, has invested heavily in Somalia since 2011. Turkey has established a military ...

Al-Shabab still controls many rural areas of the country The seaport in Mogadishu is a major source of revenue for the Somali government. However, imports are also "taxed" by the jihadists who get ...

At least seven people were wounded on Saturday as police shot a suicide car bomber at a checkpoint outside the port in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, police and witnesses said. "A suicide bomber ...

In a landmark event for Somalia, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Thursday officially launched the "New Mogadishu" development initiative, a transformative project that aims to reshape the ...

Famine, civil war, Kalashnikovs, despots… We hear the word Mogadishu and immediately images from Black Hawk Down start playing in our minds. That hasn’t been good for the country, and it hasn ...