For many Somalis, the sight of a blue-tailed aircraft bearing the white star of the Somali flag was once a proud symbol of ...

In July 1977. a war between Ethiopia and Somalia broke out over the province of Ogaden. This part of internationally ...

Good morning and welcome to Thursday’s edition of BBC Verify Live.

This week Somalia introduced a new e-visa system, as it tries to encourage more tourism and business in one of the world’s most challenging nations. Interest from international visitors is on the rise ...

Omar Jamal, a longtime leader in the local Somali community, was detained Thursday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in downtown Minneapolis. According to a Facebook post by his ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Diphtheria cases and deaths have risen sharply this year in Somalia, where the response has been curtailed by vaccine shortages and U.S. aid cuts, Somali officials said. More than ...

STUTTGART, Germany — The U.S. military has launched its most intensive Somalia bombing campaign on record, carrying out more than 50 airstrikes in the country since the start of the year, U.S. Africa ...

Somalia will begin trading equities and government-issued sukuk bonds on a new exchange early next year, as the Horn of Africa nation seeks integration into regional and global financial markets. The ...

America never seems to get Somalia right. For decades, U.S. relations with the impoverished, strategically located country on the Horn of Africa have followed a pattern: cycles of robust intervention ...

When the wider world thinks of Somalia, the first things that are most likely to come to mind are conflict and the pirates who have threatened ships around the Horn of Africa in recent years.