As far as presidential positions go, Somalia must rank as one of the toughest in the world. The Horn of Africa country has been mired in conflict, poverty and Islamist insurgency over the past two ...

Tensions between Somalia and Ethiopia are escalating as mediation efforts over a controversial port access pact stall. The ...

The then-president of Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, came to New York to attend the U.N. General Assembly, and Mohamed, via friends of friends, arranged a meeting.

"In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful"My brother, Your Excellency President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of the Federal Republic of SomaliaIt gives me pleasure to welcome ...

NAIROBI, KENYA — Somalia’s aging president is expected to resign in the coming days, aides said Wednesday, succumbing to threats of impeachment and international sanctions over his refusal to ...

Somalia, an impoverished Horn of Africa nation of 7 million people, has not had a functioning government since 1991, when clan-based warlords overthrew a dictator and then turned on each other ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — War-torn Somalia elected its first president in decades Wednesday evening, prompting street celebrations for the east African nation’s rare and successful exercise of ...

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud speaks during an interview in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Feb. 20. (Feisal Omar/Reuters) The al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militant group al-Shabab, which operates in ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Somalia’s president says his son didn’t flee Turkey after he was involved in a fatal highway crash in Istanbul, and adds that he has advised his son to go back and ...

Somalia's Parliament elected a new president of the country's fledgling government Monday, a move that members of the international community say is a key step toward the east African nation's t ...

President Of Somalia Steps Down Amid Pressure. December 30, 2008 More than 16 years ago. By Stephanie McCrummen. NAIROBI, Dec. 29 -- Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf resigned Monday, ...

Somalia's president said on Monday he had suspended the prime minister for suspected corruption, a move the prime minister described as a coup attempt, escalating a power struggle between the two ...