• Somalia was an unknown country for European explorers until the Portuguese explorers reached the coastal cities of Somalia on their way to India.
  • Humanitarian situation reports, response plans, news, analyses, evaluations, assessments, maps, infographics and more on Somalia.
  • Unfortunately, in 1414 an aggressive Ethiopian king, Yeshaq I, came to the throne and launched a war against Somalia and Djibouti.
  • Amal Mohamed grew up watching her father work to build the life he created for his family after immigrating to the United States from Somalia in 1990.
  • Madow Ahmed, a mother of three children talks to staff from OCHA and other aid partners in Yaqbarwe camp for the displaced in Baidoa, Somalia.
  • Somalia is thus facing a critical humanitarian crisis and one of the most challenging mass displacement situations in the world.
  • This was the highest number of militants killed within this yet as the national army and regional forces intensified the crackdown. Somalia.
  • Al-Shabab - a jihadist breakaway from the Islamic Courts - advance into southern and central Somalia, prompting an armed intervention by Kenya.
  • Somalia counts about 3.1 million persons of concern to UNHCR, including over 30,000 refugees and asylum seekers, mainly from Ethiopia and Yemen.
  • Explore Somalia local news alerts & today's headlines geolocated on live map on website or application. Focus on politics, military news and security alerts.