All news on the topic: Somalia

Donald Trump’s America First policy, his dismantling of USAID, and his war against Iran have led to the revival of the long-forgotten phenomenon of Somali piracy.

A network of Colombian mercenaries backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) provided critical support to Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) enabling it to capture the western city of el-Fasher last year, a new report says.

A British man has been charged with offenses related to an Islamist terror group based in Somalia.

Ethiopian authorities have arrested the suspected mastermind behind a sprawling human trafficking network accused of smuggling thousands of migrants and subjecting them to severe violence and extortion en route to Europe.

Piracy off the Somali coast reached its highest point in 2011, when 237 attacks were reported. Somali piracy in the region in 2011 cost the world’s economy €6 billion, with €138 million paid out in ransoms.

Britain’s largest weapons manufacturer, BAE Systems, has quietly ceased support for a fleet of aircraft delivering "life-saving" humanitarian aid to some of the world’s poorest countries.

The Libyan Attorney General accused suspected traffickers of torturing migrants to pressure their families into paying ransoms for their release.

The U.S. military conducted coordinated airstrikes against ISIS operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Trump’s second term.

A loophole was discovered in the licensing regime of Great Britain, which is used by Russia to circumvent sanctions

More than 200 wounded after suicide bomber and gunmen target busy beachfront in Somali capital

Two Navy SEALs are missing after falling into the waters of the Gulf of Aden during a boarding mission in the middle of the night on Thursday. Details remain unclear regaridng what happened

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Yaqub Ahmed, 34, racked up a large bill in legal, prison and deportation costs before being sent back to Somalia on a chartered flight in August after a legal battle spanning back to 2008

Crops have failed, livestock has perished and as countries around the globe grapple with the impact of the climate crisis, Somalia has endured the worst drought on record

Somalis have witnessed decades of conflict. The military regime of dictator President Siad Barre was overthrown in 1991 – plunging Somalia into a bloody civil war

Little Nasro, two, is so dehydrated she cannot produce tears. For seven long days her devoted mother Samiro has kept a bedside vigil at a hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital

Rishi Sunak is postponing targets essential to getting us to net zero by 2050 as he is only focus on short-term electoral gain - and won't be Prime Minister in 25 years