Somalia's defense ministry is investigating an explosion at a military training school in Mogadishu. The incident at the Jaalle Siyaad Military Academy has been claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked ...

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) is raising urgent concern over a sharp rise in targeted actions against journalists in Somalia. In the first half of 2025 alone, NUSOJ documented 41 ...

Somalia is an exception to the swinging pendulum of extremist power. The al Qaeda franchise al-Shabaab has attacked nearly every state institution, security installation and large hotel in ...

A weak Somali state struggles to defeat the attraction of a foreign import, al-Shabaab.

If Mogadishu falls, the consequences will reverberate far beyond Somalia's borders. Kenya, already a victim of deadly Al-Shabaab attacks, will likely see a new wave of violence along its ...

A military pact between Cairo and Mogadishu has heightened tensions with Ethiopia, with analysts saying that the planned deployment of Egyptian troops in Somalia could fundamentally tilt the ...

As our forthcoming podcast from the exclave explains, it could become a failed statelet, a “Mogadishu on the Med”. This is an awful prospect for Gazans. It would also make Israel less safe.

Gaza ground war could be ‘Mogadishu on steroids,’ says former US General Petraeus ‘You’ll see suicide bombers, you’ll see improvised explosive devices, there will be ambushes, booby traps,’ says the ...

On Oct. 3, 1993, the two-day Battle of Mogadishu began during the Somali Civil War, killing 19 Americans and between 200 and 300 Somalis.