High and dry on the sun-blasted northeastern horn of Africa hangs a backward, poverty-stricken strip of land inhabited by leopards, crocodiles and some 1,300,000 camel-and goat-herding nomads.

Social media-savvy performers are injecting new life into buraanbur, which uses powerful, rhythmic verse to bring audiences together at weddings and celebrations.

In a landmark move signaling a bold new era for Somalia's future, President Dr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud today officially launched the country's Century Vision Plan 2060 in the capital, Mogadishu.The ...

An African asylum seeker has won a reprieve to remain in the UK after an immigration judge confused his Somali clan with the island of Hawaii.

The chairwoman of Somalia's national athletics federation has been suspended amid accusations of nepotism after a seemingly untrained female sprinter represented the African country at the World ...

Armed members of the militant group al-Shabab attend a rally on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. [AP] In Hiiran region in Hirshabelle state, clan militia have declared ...

Nasra Ali Abukar, who represented Somalia in the women’s 100 meter race, crossed the finish line at 21.81 seconds, nearly ten seconds behind the winner.

In Somalia, clans define the relationship between people and all actors in the society. ... First, an Islamic State leader has to be drawn from a tribe related to the prophet ...

Somalia will expel thousands of Ethiopian troops stationed in the country to help with security by the end of the year unless Addis Ababa scraps a disputed port deal with the breakaway region of ...

Analysis - The Islamic State in Somalia is an affiliate of the transnational jihadist group Islamic State, known in short as ISIS. Based in the semi-autonomous northern Somalia territory of ...