Mohamed Sheikh Nor in Mogadishu

25/05/2013 - Report: Somalia

Somali MPs accuse Kenyan troops of refusing to protect them on Kismayo mission

Somali MPs have accused Kenyan forces of refusing to protect them during a a fact-finding mission in southern city of Kismayo.

16/04/2013 - Report: Somalia

Al-Shebab to launch more attacks after Mogadishu court assault

Somalia’s al-Shebab rebels have threatened further attacks after coordinated bombings and shootings that killed at least 30 people in Mogadishu at the weekend.

15/04/2013 - Report: Somalia

Al-Shebab attack Mogadishu court house, Turkish aid convoy

Twenty-nine people were killed and others wounded after nine suicide bombers attacked Mogadishu’s law court on Sunday. A car bomb near the airport killed five more people.

18/03/2013 - Report: Somalia

Mogadishu car bomb kills civilians, schoolchildren

Up to 10 were killed by a car bomb in central Mogadishu on Monday in one of the bloodiest attacks in the war-ravaged capital in recent months.

01/03/2013 - Report: Somalia

Blasts kill two at Mogadishu beach

Twin explosions have rocked a restaurant near the Lido resort beach in Mogadishu, Friday killing two people including the suicide bomber and wounding seven others.

20/02/2013 - Report: Somalia

Somalis enjoy first major music concert in two decades

Music is back in Mogadishu after being banned by Islamists who controlled much of south and central Somalia two years ago.

17/02/2013 - Report: Somalia

Car bomb kills one at Mogadishu beachside restaurant

A car bomb killed at least one person outside a popular restaurant at Mogadishu’s Liido beach on Saturday. It injured three others.

06/02/2013 - Report: Somalia

Somalia court jails alleged rape victim and journalist

A court in Somalia has jailed a woman who said she was raped by state security forces along with a reporter who allegedly interviewed her.

13/01/2013 - Report: Somalia

Somalia Governor tells RFI he knew of French hostage rescue attempt

An attempt by French forces early on Saturday morning to free an intelligence agent in Somalia early on Saturday morning come to a bloody end.

08/11/2012 - Report: Somalia

Car explodes in Mogadishu

One soldier was killed and several civilians injured on Wednesday after a remotely controlled car bomb went off near the country's parliament in the capital Mogadishu.