World News

Bomb causes school collapse in Somali Capital

A suicide car bomb attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu kills three soldiers and injures another 14 people including six children

02/09/2018

Somalia

Terror group al-Shabaab bans single-use plastic bags

Al-Shabaab is normally better known for its deadly attacks than its environmental commitments.

06/07/2018

Italy

Refugees land in Rome by plane

One-hundred-and-thirty-nine refugees from Eritrea and Somalia arrived in Rome on Wednesday morning. It's part of a programme which aims to bring refugees to Europe by plane.

27/06/2018

Somalia

One U.S. soldier killed, four wounded in Somalia operation

The combined force's aim is to liberate areas under the control of the Islamist militant group al-Shabaab.

09/06/2018

Somalia

At least 18 dead after twin car bomb attacks in Somalia

The Somalia-based Islamist militant group, al-Shabab, claimed responsibility for the attack.

23/02/2018

Somalia

Al-Shabab claims twin suicide attacks in Mogadishu

At least seventeen people killed in double car bombings in the Somali capital

28/10/2017

Somalia

Somalia blast death toll rises above 300

No group has admitted responsibility for the massive bombing on Mogadishu

16/10/2017

Somalia

More than 200 die in Somalia car bombings - reports

It is one of the deadliest attacks since an Islamist insurgency began in 2007.

15/10/2017

Somalia

Mogadishu rocked by twin car bombs

More than 22 people have been killed in a double car bomb attack in the capital of Somalia.

14/10/2017

Somalia

Somalia: Al-Shabaab storms military base near Kenyan border

Fighting follows an al-Shabaab suicide bombing in Somalia.

11/09/2017

Somalia

One of the 'worst droughts in living memory' - two years without rain in Baidoa, Somalia is affecting millions

27/08/2017

Somalia

Former al-Shabaab deputy leader urges militants to leave the group

Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansur defected to the Somalian government last week and has now spoken out against the militant group.

15/08/2017

Yemen

UN accuses people traffickers of drowning migrants off Yemeni coast

The UN says people traffickers fearing arrest have drowned more than 100 migrants off the coast of Yemen.

10/08/2017

Somalia

6 people dead after car bomb attack in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu

The death toll is expected to rise after a car bomb attack in in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu which has killed at least six people and wounded 20 others

30/07/2017

Somalia

Mural artist 'Shik Shik' brightens up Somali shop fronts

Mural artist Muawiye Hussein Sidow or "Shik Shik" has created the artworks that adorn over 100 shop fronts in Mogadishu, Somalia.

25/07/2017

Somalia

Deadly car bomb hits police station in Somalia

Several people have been killed in the attack in Mogadishu

22/06/2017

This Is Culture

Somali star is first hijab-wearing model on cover of top US magazine

She donned Nike's high-performance hijab on the cover of the July issue with the caption: "This Is American Beauty".

22/06/2017

Somalia

Car bomb, gunfire and hostage-taking rock Mogadishu restaurant

A suicide bombing and gun attack in the Somali capital has killed at least 17 people, including foreigners.

15/06/2017

Somalia

Euroviews. Lobster in the Time of Famine: view

‘How can we be eating lobster, when only 200 kilometres away, in the last 48 hours, 100 people died of starvation?’.

14/06/2017

Somalia

Several die in car bomb cafe attack in Somalia

At least six people have been killed when a car laden with explosives rammed into a cafe and blew up in the centre of Mogadishu.

08/05/2017