Gabriele Steinhauser is The Wall Street Journal’s Southeast Asia bureau chief. Before that, she covered sub-Saharan Africa ...

Somalia’s fragile security infrastructure faces yet another existential threat—not from Al-Shabaab, nor from foreign meddling ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s parliamentary Natural Resources Committee has strongly opposed a controversial oil and gas ...

Pope Francis became the church’s 266th in 2013 when the papal conclave elected him after the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI.

The African Union’s interim representative, Rahmon Adebayo, has arrived in Mogadishu after Somalia expelled his predecessor, Sivuyile Bam. Bam was accused of actions incompatible with Somalia’s values ...

The armed group says it seizes control of Wargaadhi town and its military base, but the Somali army denies the claim.

The oil deal, whose details have since been leaked by the Turkish parliament, shows that the terms widely favor Ankara and raise concerns over Somalia's economic sovereignty and transparency.

Puntland's President Said Abdullahi Deni turns Bosaso airport over to the United Arab Emirates without parliamentary approval ...

The Finance Minister, Bihi Iman Egeh participated in the Steering Committee meeting of the Board of Governors for the African Development Bank (AfDB) Presidential Election, held during the 2025 Spring ...

The United Arab Emirates deployed a military radar in Somalia’s Puntland earlier this year to defend Bosaso airport against ...

Al Shabaab fighters battled Somali troops and allied forces for control of a strategic army base in central Somalia on ...

Al Shabaab fighters clashed with Somali troops over control of a strategic army base in Wargaadhi, central Somalia. The base, ...