Al-Shabaab militants have captured the strategic central Somali town of Mahaas district, in Hiiran region of Somalia's Hirshabelle State, following heavy clashes with Somali government forces and ...

The Somali state of Puntland on Thursday rejected accusations of piracy made by the central government after it seized a ship ...

A stand off as Somalia demands release of a cargo ship carrying military equipment that was seized by semi-autonomous Puntland. The ship was reportedly transporting military equipment to Turkey’s ...

Militant Islamist groups have remained a major source of instability across five key regions in Africa, with a record 22,307 ...

The standoff continues between the government of the semi-autonomous region of Puntland and the federal government of Somalia over a cargo ship loaded with Turkish weaponry that is being detained.The ...

Puntland state on Wednesday hit back at accusations by Somalia's federal government, dismissing Mogadishu's claim that the seizure of a weapons-carrying vessel amounted to "hijacking" and labelling ...

The United States launched a rare ground operation in northern Somalia that apprehended Abdiweli Mohamed Yusuf, the finance ...

Garowe, the capital of Puntland statelet in northern Somalia, to the port of Bosaso runs through territory occupied ISIS ...

Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region acknowledged it’s holding a vessel full of military equipment until it can work out ...

Somalia on Wednesday demanded the "immediate and unconditional" release of a cargo ship transporting military equipment that was seized by the semi-autonomous Puntland region, calling the move an "act ...

Cyclical rivalries between the federal government, states and the political opposition have undermined the counter-terrorism ...

The planned Mudug Regional Development Conference, originally scheduled for July 30, has become the center of political ...