Somalia's federal government is facing sharp criticism after delivering what local officials described as an embarrassingly small amount of aid to Macawiisley militias battling Al-Shabaab in the ...

A powerful car bomb ripped through the Cairo Hotel in the central Somali city of Beledweyne on Tuesday, triggering a prolonged and deadly assault by militants. The blast and ensuing attack have ...

Somali security forces have ended a deadly 24-hour siege by Islamist fighters who stormed a popular hotel in the central city of Beledweyne, authorities said. The attack by al-Shabab began with a ...

Al-Shabab, which is affiliated to al-Qaeda, has been waging a brutal insurgency in Somalia for more than two decades. A federal lawmaker from Beledweyne, Dahir Amin Jesow, told the BBC that nearly ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A car bomb exploded Tuesday at a hotel in the central Somali city of Beledweyne in a militant attack that killed at least six people, including two prominent ...

Armed Islamists have stormed a hotel in the city of Beledweyne in central Somalia, and a siege is ongoing, police and witnesses have said. The attack by al-Shabab began with a car bomb exploding ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A car bomb has exploded at a hotel in the central Somali city of Beledweyne, kicking off an hourslong militant attack. An unknown number of people have been killed.

The flight had left the town of Beledweyne in central Somalia and was heading to Wisil, located more than 200 miles east, two Somali officials said. Stéphane Dujarric, the spokesman for the U.N ...

As much as 85% of the Somali city of Beledweyne is now submerged by flood water and around 250,000 people have been evacuated to higher ground, following weeks of heavy rains and flooding.

The family recently moved to Beledweyne, fleeing battles between the extremist group al-Shabab and Somali government forces. “We left our home in search of safety and stability, but little did ...