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Somali pirates who hijacked an oil tanker have released it without condition, according to officials. The announcement came hours after ...

The EU anti-piracy naval force pictured off the coast of Mogadishu in 2013 Somali pirates who hijacked an oil tanker ...

Somali pirates handed over on Thursday an oil tanker and eight Sri Lankan hostages just days after capturing the vessel, ...

Coastguards in northern Somalia exchanged gunfire Thursday with armed men aboard a boat heading towards a hijacked oil tanker where ...

Britain's foreign minister, Boris Johnson, made a surprise visit to Somalia on Wednesday, conferring with leaders on its security problems ...

An oil tanker has been hijacked by suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia, reports say, the first such hijacking ...

Suspected pirates boarded a Sri Lankan-flagged tanker and forced its crew to change course towards the northeastern Somali coast, an ...

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged the international community to take action to avert famine in Somalia where ...

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrived in Somalia Tuesday to discuss a hunger crisis which has pushed the country to ...

Some 110 people have died in southern Somalia in the last two days from famine and diarrhea resulting from a ...

Traders in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, are counting their losses following a huge fire that destroyed parts of the country’s biggest ...

Witnesses say the flames have gutted three sections of the market Firefighters and police are battling a large fire at ...

Somalia’s new president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, during his inaugurated on Wednesday in the capital, Magadishu promised his people that the ...

Somalia's new President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed sought to downplay high expectations of his new administration at his inauguration Wednesday, saying ...

Somalia's capital Mogadishu was under security lockdown Wednesday, with roads closed and commercial flights cancelled ahead of the inauguration of ...

Somalia’s new President, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed ‘Farmajo,’ has placed a $100,000 reward on information leading to the prevention of a ...

At least 34 people have been killed and about 50 injured in a car bomb blast in the Somali capital, ...

At least eighteen people were killed on Sunday by a suicide car bomb in the Somali capital Mogadishu, according to ...

At least 16 people have been killed and more than 40 injured in a car bomb blast in the Somali ...

At least 14 people were killed on Sunday when a car packed with explosives blew up near a busy intersection ...