The helicopter pilot was worried. Any more than 20 minutes in this shattered frontline village and Somalia's Al-Shabaab ...

When Siad Barre’s regime fell in 1991, Somalia’s fragile unity crumbled. Decades of authoritarian rule, fueled by Cold War ...

We drive west out of Mogadishu, Somalia, in a convoy of three African Union armored personnel carriers, mounted with three heavy machine guns. No building seems untouched by bullet holes; many have ...

Tourists are slowly returning to Mogadishu as Somalia attempts an image shift after decades of war and instability. New cafes ...

Donald Trump’s frequent attempts to dress himself in the drag of a peace candidate have always been a cabaret made possible by the Democrats’ open-mouthed embrace of humanitarian colonialism. It’s ...

Despite an international reputation for conflict, piracy and danger, Somalia says it saw a 50% increase in tourists in 2024. As it launches an eVisa, is it really becoming a vacation destination?

In April 2022, Mogadishu-based evaluator Abdi Ali was assigned to Jowhar, capital of Hirshabelle State, to assess a solar energy company. Though just 90 km from Mogadishu, Ali chose to fly. Like many ...

We may never know the human or financial cost of the war in Somalia. The Kenyan government, which at the end of 2011 placed its soldiers under the African Union Mission to Somalia (Amisom), has never ...