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When Somalia collapsed into a civil war more than two decades ago, the nation’s cultural community suffered. For Somalis, a big blow came when the Dur-Dur Band, the country’s preeminent…

MILA KOUMPILOVA , Star Tribune Some Somalis are touting the opportunities of military service — both for young recruits and a community that doesn’t want to be defined by the…

14 November 2014 – Starting tomorrow, about half a million refugees, mainly from Somalia and South Sudan, living in the Dadaab and Kakuma camps in remote areas in northern Kenya…

By ABDI GULED and JASON STRAZIUSO MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The United States has threatened to make significant cuts in the financial assistance it gives to Somalia because of political…

Pirates in Red Sea make two attempts to get close to cargo ship traveling to Israel before retreating An attempt by Somali pirates to hijack a cargo ship en-route to…

As someone who witnessed the worst part of the beginning of the civil war and who has never seen government in any form in Somalia, my expectations of my visit…

Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s sweep to victory in Sunday’s vote in the first round of Turkey’s first popular presidential election is a stamp of approval of his popularity and party, AKP.…

Many people in Somalia express fear that Ebola outbreak might spread in the region as the disease hit countries in West Africa. Ahmed Adan, the chairman of parliamentary committee of…