Imagine a place where your family name is more important than your ideas. This is Somalia, where clan loyalty is more powerful than any law. The current voting system is like a dance everyone knows.

This chart shows a tally of acts/attempts of piracy and armed robbery against ships off the coast of Somalia, by year.

The province of Somaliland declared separation from the nation of Somalia in 1991 as the republic of Somaliland. It was first ...

Before the establishment of the Islamic State in Somalia in 2015, the Somali jihadist group al-Shabaab had established itself in the north. The small group had extensive connections to smuggling ...

In a pleasant but unassuming home on the outskirts of Columbus lived a man who helped shape the course of history some 7,600 miles away. The street in a planned suburban subdivision in Jefferson ...

This year’s holy month of Ramadan coincides with the longest drought on record in Somalia. As the sun sets and Muslims around the world gather to break their daily fasts with generous dinners, Hadiiq ...

NEW YORK - Somalia is set to become a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, a major milestone in the stabilization of the country which has struggled for the last 3 decades due ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Federal Republic of Somalia will now have express authority to purchase arms without much restrictions, the United Nations Security Council [UNSC] has approved, ending three ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Five hundred years ago, an Imam who ruled much of what is now Somalia, led a daring invasion of Christian Ethiopia, looting monasteries, burning down churches and slaying all who ...