Attackers wore military uniform and rode vehicles imitating security forces to breach a high-security prison in capital.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Mogadishu is losing a label it never wanted in the first place: The World's Most Dangerous City. The seaside Somali capital is enjoying a peace that, except for the ...

Residents of the East African nation of Somalia rang in the New Year with a new official government, something they haven't had in 16 years. After two weeks of fighting, troops from neighboring ...

A Somali hospital ward packed with gasping children shows how war, climate and mistrust of vaccines is fueling the disease’s ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Roadside explosions in the Somali capital killed five people and wounded eight others Saturday, according to a city official. An explosive device had been planted at a spot ...

Explosions and heavy gunfire have erupted near Somalia’s presidential palace in an attack by a militant group targeting a major prison.

Somalia's president says at least 100 people were killed in Saturday's two car bombings at a busy junction in the capital and the toll could rise in the country's deadliest attack since a truck ...

Friday is beach day in Mogadishu. Early in the day before Friday prayers and before the sun gets too hot, people flock to Liido Beach on the eastern side of the city. "This is a very important place," ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) – Hooded soldiers carrying sniper rifles have unleashed a sweeping crackdown across Mogadishu in a hunt for militants and weapons after the country’s al-Qaida-linked militants ...

At least 75 people are dead after a car bomb rocked the Somali capital of Mogadishu, medical officials said Sunday. Mogadishu Police Capt. Farah Osman put the death toll at 80. He said an additional ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s president says at least 100 people were killed in Saturday’s two car bombings at a busy junction in the capital and the toll could rise in the country’s deadliest ...