Somalia, Africa

Nadifo Gedi, a 30-year-old mother of three, is living in a makeshift camp for internally displaced people on the northern outskirts of Mogadishu....

Somalia's transitional federal government has appealed for urgent humanitarian assistance for hundreds of thousands of people affected by drought,...

Civil society organisations in Somalia have urged aid agencies to help at least 2,500 displaced families who have sought refuge in the northern...

At least 8,000 Somalis who fled violence in the capital, Mogadishu, are facing hunger, disease and lack of shelter in Dobley town, near the Kenyan...

Escalating violence in Somalia is increasing the incidence of sexual attacks against women and girls and heightening their risk of HIV infection,...

Local authorities in Merka, Lower Shabelle region, 100km south of the Somali capital Mogadishu, have warned that thousands of displaced people...

Organisers of Somalia's national reconciliation conference hailed the meeting as a success even as analysts expressed doubts over the outcome,...

Floods have destroyed at least 4,000 hectares of farmland in southern Somalia's Middle Shabelle region, affecting 12,000 people, local officials...

Trading has resumed in the Bakara market, the main business centre in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, after weeks of violence and security...

Local authorities in Belet Hawo, Gedo region, on the southwestern border with Kenya, are urging international aid agencies to help up to 18,000...