Idil Abdullahi Goley’s journey seeking a better life in Europe started in Somalia with a $6,500 payment to smugglers. It ...

Deaths of 25 migrants last month in boats off Madagascar brought to light yet another route that some in Africa are taking in ...

The leaders of Ethiopia and Somalia have agreed to hold "technical talks" to resolve a dispute sparked by Ethiopia's deal ...

Their destination, Mayotte, a French island in the Indian Ocean ... Out of the 75 passengers, 47 survived the grim journey. The Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on the social media platform ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Clashes erupted on Wednesday morning in a southern town in Somalia between the country's federal government forces and regional troops of the state of Jubbaland amid ...

I recently met the award-winning writer Ubah Cristina Ali Farah at a literary festival on the Italian island of Sicily. She is a member of a handful of globally acclaimed Somali female writers ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Nearly 50 survivors of a migrant boat tragedy last month that left 25 people dead in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar arrived back in Somalia on Saturday and were ...

The Somali armed Islamist group al-Shabab has seized a United Nations helicopter, along with about eight people, both passengers and crew, local sources have told the BBC. The helicopter landed in ...

An additional 48 people were rescued Sunday from the waters near the island of Nosy Be off northern ... the head of Madagascar’s Maritime Ports Agency. Somali authorities said Sunday that ...

A military court in Somalia has sentenced six Islamic State fighters from Morocco to death. The men will be executed by a firing squad if their appeal, which they have one month to file ...