The Latest Breaking News from Somalia

Mike Nithavrianakis has needed to use all of his diplomacy skills to get himself out of his daughter’s bad books after swapping the Italian fashion capital for his new post

The 2.4bn raised was less than the $7bn the UN says is needed to provide help to millions at risk in the region.

Questions about who mediates in a conflict – and when – are crucial. Mediation is about trust, an awareness of regional realities and insights into complex politics. It should happen before conflict reaches a mutually damaging stalemate. This spares lives and political disintegration of the kind seen in Libya and…

Humanitarian agencies are calling for the full funding of the U.N.'s $7 billion appeal for the Horn of Africa during a pledging conference this week

With a presidential election delayed for months and deadly clashes between security forces and clan militias, Somaliland’s reputation for stability lies in ruins. Violence erupted in the breakaway northern Somalia region a few weeks after elections were postponed late last year. President Muse Bihi Abdi, in power since November 2017,…

Exclusive: Powerful series illustrates devastating impact of crisis ahead of World Hunger Day

Floods have caused almost a quarter of a million people to flee their homes after the Shabelle river in central Somalia broke its banks and submerged the town of Beledweyne, even as the country faces its most severe drought in four decades, according to the government.

The charity says conflict and high food prices have intensified the emergency in the region.

Oxfam has called on the UK Government to urgently increase funding to tackle hunger in East Africa...