Raise your voices….Take a Stand! From regional strings…International bans. Brothers, come with me…Man for man Brothers and sisters, Take a Stand! Those were lyrics from Amira’s recently released ...

Voice of America’s Somali Service, which has been providing extensive coverage of the devastating drought in Africa, is now being offered to mobile phone users throughout Great Britain. The new ...

Heavy fighting between Somali government forces and the al-Qaida-linked militant group al-Shabab killed 26 people on Monday, witnesses and officials said. Nearly a week ago al-Shabab militants lost ...

Al Shabaab militants have destroyed a grave that belonged to a well known Sufi cleric and elder in Mogadishu today. Shiekh Muhyaddin Eli had been a very influential cleric with a leading role in ...

The United Nations Special Envoy to Somalia Augustine Mahiga urged the Somali leaders to resolve their differences The United Nations Special Envoy to Somalia Augustine Mahiga urged the Somali leaders ...

The Somali militant group Al-Shabab has closed down BBC FM stations in the areas under their control. In a statement released to the media, Al-Shabab also ordered confiscation of equipments belonging ...

UN special envoy to Somalia has lauded the efforts of Somali government leaders to normalize the situation of Somalia in the past year despite enormous challenges. The United Nations Special ...

VOA has conducted telephone surveys about opinions on key sections of the constitution among some 3,000 adults from all regions of Somalia who volunteered to participate after hearing about the poll, ...

The Somali insurgent group al-Shabab has issued a threat to the editor of VOA's Somali service and his counterpart at the BBC Speaking at a Mogadishu mosque last Friday, an al-Shabab official labeled ...

A summary of an exclusive interview with the Somali president, Ahmed Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, minutes after he delivered his remarks at the AU summit in Addis Ababa. The interview was conducted for the ...

Somalia's Transitional Federal Government has named a Somali-American Economist as the next Prime Minister. Michael Onyiego reports from the VOA East Africa Bureau in Nairobi. Somali President Sheikh ...

The new Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed said his appointment is a great opportunity for him to participate in building the nation. The new Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi ...