African Union (AU) forces in Somalia say they have captured a strategic town near the capital, Mogadishu, after Islamist militants pulled out.

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Key Somali militant town ‘taken’

Leaders of Somalia’s disparate factions agree a historic deal to elect a new president by 20 August to end the country’s two-decade political crisis.

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Somalia’s leaders agree deadline

Fears over Britons being trained for jihad in Somalia

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Analysis: A British threat from Somalia

A British man accused of links to Somalia’s Islamist extremists appears in court at his trial for allegedly plotting a bomb attack in Kenya.

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Briton in court over Kenya plot

A deadly bomb exploded during a ceremony on Wednesday at the newly reopened National Theater in the Somali capital as the prime minister was addressing the guests.

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Deadly Theater Blast Shatters Calm in Somalia

The heads of Somalia’s Olympic committee and football association are among eight people killed by a bomb blast in Mogadishu’s newly reopened national theatre.

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Bomb kills Somali sport officials

The UK security firms dominating Somalia’s anti-piracy industry

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The UK firms who tackle Somali pirates

A British woman kidnapped in an armed raid in Kenya six months ago, in which her husband was shot dead, is freed after six months held in Somalia.

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UK woman kidnapped in Kenya freed

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to meet with her Pakistani counterpart in London this week in a sign that months of tension between their two governments may be easing. The meeting, which U.S. officials said would take place on the sidelines of an international conference on Somalia on Thursday, is the first between Clinton and Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar since 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed in a U.S. airstrike near the Afghanistan border in November. Read full article > >

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Clinton to meet Pakistani counterpart in London

Somalia starts a major operation to remove tens of thousands of people who have been squatting in government buildings in the capital.

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Somalia moves to evict squatters

Somalia starts a major operation to remove tens of thousands of people who have been squatting in government buildings in the capital.

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Somalia moves to evict squatters

American commandos staged a daring raid in Somalia on Wednesday morning, rescuing two hostages, including an American woman, who had been kidnapped by pirates and held for months.

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U.S. Raid Frees 2 Hostages From Somali Pirates

A U.S. drone strike killed a British al-Qaida official fighting alongside insurgents in Somalia, officials said.

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Officials: US Drone Strike Killed Somali Insurgent

The loss of Beledweyne, a trading hub near the Ethiopian border, leaves the Shabab rebels on the defensive.

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Ethiopian Forces Seize Strategic Somali Town From Shabab

With the famine putting hundreds of thousands of women on the move, more rapes are being reported now in Somalia than at any time in recent memory.

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Somalia Faces Alarming Rise in Rapes of Women and Girls