The leader of Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked insurgency yesterday declared that he would send hundreds of fighters to join the Islamist campaign in Yemen, adding to fears that increased US involvement in antiterrorism operations in the country could fuel...

The death toll rose to 23 on Friday in a suicide bombing attack at a Somali graduation ceremony, which killed three members of Somalia’s U.N.-backed interim government, according to an independent media report.

At least 8 people were killed and more than 17 others injured in Heavy fighting between Somali government forces and insurgents in south and northern Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses said. The clashes broke out late on Saturday, when the two sides...

Somali pirates are demanding an $8m ransom for the release of a Ukrainian ship they are holding off the coast off their country’s northern coast.The pirates appear to rule the seas around Somalia with impunity, while towns in Somalia’s Puntland...

Al-Shabab fighters have killed at least fourteen Somali soldiers in an attack on a military checkpoint south of the capital, Mogadishu.

The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Monday to lift the arms embargo on the Congolese government but extended a ban on arms sales and military training to all militias and rebel groups in the country. The council’s action was seen as a...