DADAAB, Kenya, August 17 (UNHCR) - The first airlifts from Kenya to Somalia in two years left Dadaab this week, bringing dozens of Somali refugees home to the north after more than a decade in exile.

While Somalia has resurfaced in headlines because of events unfolding in the United States, the far deeper story lies closer ...

Somalia troops last week engaged in a turf war for the control of Bula Hawa, a town close to the Kenyan border in Gedo region, with the two levels of government trading blame for the clashes. The ...

Many will remember Mohamed Yusuf Haji as the man who chaired the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) team, appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader, Raila Odinga. He will also be remembered ...

Dadaab, Kenya - UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie visited Dadaab, the world's largest refugee camp situated on the Kenya-Somali border on Saturday. Describing the camp as 'one of the most dire' ...

December 18, 2025: In late November U.S. Africom/Africa Command carried out its hundredth airstrike against Somali ISIL/Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Islamic terrorists based in the Golis ...

On 26 December 2025 Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel announced the official recognition of Somaliland by his government.This came as a surprise to many - Somalis and non-Somalis around the globe ...

The helicopter pilot is worried. Any more than 20 minutes in this shattered frontline village and Somalia's Al-Shabaab militants could start lobbing mortars at their position. Roughly 1,000 Somali ...