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July 3, 2020 at 10:41 pm

Explosions rock 2 Somalia cities as 4 killed in Baidoa

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Explosions rocked two of Somalia's largest cities on Saturday as officials said a suicide car bomber detonated near the port in...

June 30, 2020 at 11:29 am

Mortar shells hit after Somalia celebrates reopened stadium VIEW

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At least three mortar blasts sent sports fans in Somalia ducking for cover Tuesday evening, hours after the Mogadishu Stadium reopened...

Sports

June 23, 2020 at 2:03 am

Suicide bomber kills 2 at Turkish military base in Somalia

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated inside a Turkish military training base in Somalia's capital and killed two people, police said Tuesday. It...

June 12, 2020 at 3:55 am

Extremist group al-Shabab sets up COVID-19 center in Somalia

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The al-Qaida-linked extremist group in Somalia has unveiled a COVID-19 isolation and care facility, a sign that the group is taking...

In this image made from video taken Sunday, May 17, 2020, people wade through a flooded street in Beledweyne, central Somalia. Flooding in central Somalia has affected nearly 1 million people, displacing about 400,000, the United Nations said Monday, May 18, 2020 warning of possible disease outbreaks because of crowding where the displaced are seeking temporary shelter. (AP Photo) NAI104 NAI104

May 18, 2020 at 6:52 am

UN: Floods in central Somalia hit nearly 1 million people

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Flooding in central Somalia has affected nearly 1 million people, displacing about 400,000 people, the United Nations said Monday, warning of...

Nation & World

May 15, 2020 at 12:40 am

Years of conflict leave Somalia ill-equipped to fight virus VIEW

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Years of conflict, instability and poverty have left Somalia ill-equipped to handle a health crisis like the coronavirus pandemic. In fact,...

May 5, 2020 at 2:37 am

Kenya questions deadly plane crash in Somalia that killed 6

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Somalia's president has promised his Kenyan counterpart a “thorough investigation” into the deadly crash of a Kenyan plane carrying medical supplies...

April 25, 2020 at 6:49 am

Civilian shot dead in Somalia during coronavirus enforcement

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A police officer in Somalia’s capital has been arrested in the fatal shooting of at least one civilian while enforcing coronavirus...

March 29, 2020 at 3:02 am

In Somalia, coronavirus goes from fairy tale to nightmare VIEW

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — At first, the coronavirus was just a fairy tale, a rumor along the dusty lanes of the displaced persons’ camp that...

February 25, 2020 at 6:15 am

Officials say US airstrike kills telecom worker in Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A U.S. military airstrike has killed a worker for a telecom company in Somalia, officials in the country said Tuesday. Mohamud...