The European Union approved attacks against land-based targets in Somalia on Friday as part of its effort to combat piracy off the Horn of Africa.
After six months held hostage by Somali pirates, British women has been released and prepares for her return home.
Somali pirates freed the U.K. woman they held hostage for more than six months on Wednesday. Somali gunmen had killed British publishing executive David Tebbutt and abducted his wife Judith Tebbutt in a raid at a luxury beach resort in neighboring Kenya last September.
Oscar-nominated actor George Clooney testified before Congress on Wednesday about a humanitarian crisis taking place along the border of Sudan and South Sudan, where residents have been forced to seek refuge in the Nuba Mountains for fear of being killed by constant aerial bombing. Clooney returned from an eight-day trip in the area on Tuesday.
Somali rebel group al-Shabab denied responsibility for the deadly bomb attacks in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday.
The 30-minute Kony 2012 video by San Diego-based charity Invisible Children went viral last week promoted further by social media endorsements and campaigns by celebrities like Oprah Winfrey.
Angelina Jolie took to the stage of the Women in the World Summit on Thursday and told the moving story of a Somali doctor whose farm has, for decades, been the safe-haven for many women fleeing hunger, violence and rape.
Turkey has proved itself to be Somalia's best friend, and may the only country in the world actively trying to make Somalia a better place.
Turkish Airlines landed the first commercial flight to Mogadishu in more than 20 years on Tuesday. The airline will make regular twice-weekly flights to the previously war-torn city from Istanbul's Ataturk airport.
Attorney General Eric Holder supplied the legal justification Monday for the decision to kill American-born radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki , rebutting criticism that the view of executive power held by President Barack Obama's administration is overly broad.
Mohammed Ibrahim Makkawi was arrested in Cairo on Wednesday. But which Mohammed Ibrahim Makkawi was it? The al-Qaeda apostate or the militant leader behind the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings?
Italy has been fined by a European court for violating the human rights of African migrants.
Seven al-Shabab militants were reportedly killed during an overnight airstrike in southern Somalia.
Two major explosions shook the key Somalia city of Baidoa, only hours after Ethiopian troops and pro-government forces there helped wrest the Baidoa from the hands of Al-Qaeda backed insurgents. The intensifying conflict falls on the same day world leaders gather in London for a conference to address diplomatic response to decades of instability in Somalia.
Clinton and Prime Minister Cameron were joined by other heads of state, Arab Sheikhs and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as well as representatives from several Somali factions.
Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd resigned on Wednesday after a row with fellow party member Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
Somalia is not the only country known for inflicting such horror on children. During a period of intensified Palestinian–Israeli violence that started in 2000, gunmen surrounded themselves with children while shooting on Israeli forces. Various other reports have also suggested that the Taliban used women and children from their own communities as human shields against coalition forces around the year 2006.
Some of these youths, who have been abducted from their homes and schools, have been subjected to rape and forced marriage.
The crisis means nearly 12 million more people require assistance.
Al-Qaida's leader announced in a video Thursday that the Somali militant group al-Shabab has formally joined the Islamic extremist network, fusing two groups that have been targets of America's counterterrorism efforts.
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was seen in a video posted to jihadi forums today welcoming the militant Somali group al-Shabaab into the international terrorist organization.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi announced Wednesday that he may pardon journalists, politicians, and dissidents detained under an 2009 anti-terrorism law, while refuting claims that the arrests were politically motivated.
