Somalia - page 3

At least 70 people were killed as a suicide bomber detonated a truck bomb in Somalia, with Islamist militant group al-Shabab - linked to al-Qaeda - claiming responsibility for the devastating attack

Kidnapped British tourist Judith Tebbutt is being held in Somalia by Islamist insurgent group al-Shabab, the country's government claims.

The devastating famine in the Horn of Africa could prove to be a turning point in solving Somalia’s long-standing problems.

Officials in Kenya have confirmed a man has been arrested near the border with Somalia following the killing of 58-year-old British tourist David Tebbutt and the kidnapping of his wife Judith.

Gunmen have killed a British honeymooner and kidnapped his wife in a robbery at the Kiwayu Safari Village, a resort in Kenya close to the border with Somalia.

Teacher Mohamed Ibrahim shocked colleagues and pupils by quitting his job to become deputy prime minister of Somalia.

Hundreds of thousands of Somalis will starve to death by Christmas if urgent aid fails to reach the famine-hit country, the United Nations has warned.

About 400,000 children could die from starvation in east Africa this year, a minister warned on Wednesday.

Parents are abandoning their babies at the world’s largest refugee camp as they flee Somalia’s deepening drought crisis, says a charity.

Shocking images of Minhaj Gedi Farah’s twig-like arms and hollow cheeks made him the frail face of the worst famine in 60 years but after just ten days of aid, the seven-month-old has put on weight and looks around his hospital ward with happy curiosity.

Famine may spread to all of southern Somalia within a month unless there is a huge increase in aid to the region, the United Nations has warned.

More than 1million children could die from starvation in Somalia if G20 leaders fail to plug a £613million aid shortfall, a charity has warned.

Desperate drought victims in Somalia are trying to kill themselves to escape the world’s worst famine in decades.

A state of famine was declared in two parts of Somalia on Wednesday – as the UN has appealed for £200million to stop it spreading, warning that millions could face death if help isn't provided.

Children in war-torn Somalia are being ‘systematically recruited’ as rebel soldiers, an Amnesty International study has claimed.

Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, the man believed to have been al-Qaeda's leader in east Africa, has been shot dead in Somalia.

War-torn Somalia and earthquake-wrecked Haiti are two of the worst countries on the planet to be a schoolchild, a study suggests.

Radio stations in Somalia have stopped broadcasting music after an order from Islamist insurgents who have banned the tunes for being 'un-Islamic'.

Masked gunmen killed seven Pakistani preachers at a mosque in Somalia's Puntland region on Wednesday, residents and local officials said.

A gangster who fled to his native Somalia after taking part in a robbery in which police officer Sharon Beshenivsky was shot dead has been jailed for life.

A gangster who fled to his native Somalia after taking part in a robbery in which police officer Sharon Beshenivsky was shot dead was jailed for life today.

An Australian warship will join international efforts to combat pirates operating from Somalia, the government said on Friday.

Almost 140 civilians were killed when Islamist rebels and Somalia's western-backed government fought today and yesterday.

Pirates attacked a US-flagged cargo ship off the coast of Somalia with rockets and automatic weapons on Tuesday but failed to board the craft, the ship's owner and the US military said.

A shipping union chief has called for tougher action against piracy after a British-owned vessel was seized by Somalians in the Gulf of Aden.