Imagine a place where your family name is more important than your ideas. This is Somalia, where clan loyalty is more powerful than any law. The current voting system is like a dance everyone knows.

Before the establishment of the Islamic State in Somalia in 2015, the Somali jihadist group al-Shabaab had established itself in the north. The small group had extensive connections to smuggling ...

The warring factions that have devastated Somalia have signed their latest, fourteenth peace agreement in neighbouring Kenya. A clear-eyed observer of his country s affairs asks if it can open a space ...

This year’s holy month of Ramadan coincides with the longest drought on record in Somalia. As the sun sets and Muslims around the world gather to break their daily fasts with generous dinners, Hadiiq ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

In a pleasant but unassuming home on the outskirts of Columbus lived a man who helped shape the course of history some 7,600 miles away. The street in a planned suburban subdivision in Jefferson ...

NEW YORK - Somalia is set to become a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, a major milestone in the stabilization of the country which has struggled for the last 3 decades due ...

Some 30 years after the event of the battle for Mogadishu that changed US foreign policy forever, Mohammed Abdi Elmi launched a book in the Somali capital titled The Battle of Mogadishu. A witness to ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Federal Republic of Somalia will now have express authority to purchase arms without much restrictions, the United Nations Security Council [UNSC] has approved, ending three ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Five hundred years ago, an Imam who ruled much of what is now Somalia, led a daring invasion of Christian Ethiopia, looting monasteries, burning down churches and slaying all who ...

Somalia is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate shocks, and now it is in the grip of another deadly drought.