Baidoa

Plagued by civil wars for more than 18 years, Somalia is still torn apart by unabated violence. Many foreign aid workers, who boldly decided to come…

Islamic insurgents have taken over the city that houses Somalia's parliament, witnesses said Tuesday. Baidoa resident Ahmed Nurow said fighters…

Ethiopia has handed over security duties to a Somali force, raising fears that the Horn of Africa country - already fighting an Islamic insurgency…

Somalia's president said Monday he is resigning as the head of his country's UN-backed government after four years of leading one of the most…

The president of Somalia's UN-backed government resigned Monday amid deepening international pressure, a move that could usher in more chaos as a…

Heavy fighting between Ethiopian troops and Islamist-led insurgents killed at least nine Somalis in the capital of Mogadishu on Wednesday, witnesses…

Somalia's interim government has begun imposing martial law, the prime minister said, saying that remnants of an ousted Islamic movement have…

Somali lawmakers have voted to authorize the government to declare martial law, giving support to the country's internationally recognized leaders in…

Hundreds of furious protesters crowded the streets of Mogadishu, burning tires, smashing car windows and shouting that they will not give up their…

Somalia's prime minister said Tuesday that rival Islamic fighters have been scattered and he does not expect any more major fighting. His key…

Somali government troops backed by Ethiopian tanks and MiG fighter jets have captured the last major stronghold of a militant Islamic movement, the…

Thousands of Somali and Ethiopian troops are closing in on the last remaining stronghold of a militant Islamic movement. Somalia's prime minister…

The diplomatic campaign against Iran has failed. After three years of sterile diplomacy, last Saturday the UN Security Council passed impotent…

Attacking at dawn, Ethiopian and Somali government troops on Wednesday drove Islamic movement fighters out of the last major town on the road to the…

Islamic fighters retreated from the main front line in Somalia early Tuesday after a week of artillery and mortar duels and attacks by government and…

A new force emerged in war-torn Somalia this year under an enigmatic title, the Taliban-like Islamic Court Union, also known as the Council of…

In the wake of the outbreak of war between Somalia's Council of Islamic Courts and Ethiopia, MK Colette Avital (Labor) on Monday called on the…

The UN Security Council called Friday for an end to the ongoing violence that has intensified between Somalia's transitional government and its…

Somalia is now in "a state of war," the country's Islamic leader said Thursday, despite an earlier pledge to return to peace talks with the…

Three suicide car bombs exploded outside Somalia's government base of Baidoa, a senior official said Thursday. "Three cars have arrived at…