Somalia's transitional government has welcomed a resolution by the UN Security Council authorising a six-month extension for African Union (AU)...

Hundreds of nomadic families have fled the Middle Shabelle and Hiiraan regions of south-central Somalia after clashes between two communities claimed...

An outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) in and around the town of Belet Hawo, southwestern Somalia, has killed at least 11 people in the past...

Explosions in the port town of Bosasso, the commercial capital of the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, northeastern Somalia, killed 21...

An estimated two million people in Somalia are facing a humanitarian crisis and need urgent aid, humanitarian agencies have warned. ...

People in drought-affected regions of central and southern Somalia need urgent help after losing most of their livestock, the deputy prime minister...

Services at the only hospital in Somalia's coastal city of Kismayo, 500km south of the capital Mogadishu, stopped on 29 January, a day after four...

As violence in Somalia escalated this year to some of the worst levels in over 15 years, both assistance for and attention to one of the most...

More than 48 hours after their abduction, Mercedes Garcia and Pilar Bauza continue in captivity . Médecins Sans...

"Our priority now is that our two colleagues are released without harm." After confirming that two staff members have...