Abdi Farah Shirdon

Abdi Farah Shirdon

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  Somalia leader: Foreigners aided attack on court

  Somalia's prime minister said Monday that several experienced foreign fighters took part in the most serious Islamic extremist attack on Mogadishu in ... 

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  16 killed in attack on Somali Supreme Court

  A barrage of bullets and two car bomb blasts rattled Mogadishu on Sunday when nine al-Shabab Islamic extremists stormed Somalia's main court complex, ... 

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  String of attacks in Somali capital slows progress

  Isaq Ahmed lifted his head from his hands, his eyes clouded with tears, as he looked at the crowd gathered near the twisted wreckage from a car bomb ... 

• Somalia: Court clears woman convicted in rape case

  A Somali appeals court on Sunday dropped charges against a woman who alleged she was raped by government security forces and had been convicted of ... 

• Somalia: $50,000 for info on journalists' killers

  The Somali government is offering a $50,000 reward for information that leads to the convictions of those killing journalists, the country's prime ... 

• Somalia : Journalist freed but may face charges

  A Somali journalist was freed after being detained without charges for more than a week for speaking out against the imprisonment of a fellow reporter 

• Group: Somali journalist detained without trial

  A Somali journalist is being detained without charge in Somalia for speaking out against the imprisonment of a fellow reporter, said an international ... 

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  Suicide bomber kills 2 at Somali president's villa

  A suicide bomber Tuesday detonated explosives outside the prime minister's home in Somalia's presidential palace compound, killing two people, ...