In a moment marking the end of an era in international jurisprudence, Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, one of the most prominent African figures in global legal circles, has announced his resignation from ...

UN Takes Key Steps Toward Somalia's Takeover of Its Own Security UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to authorize the African Union to maintain its ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Somalia’s “dire hunger emergency” is spiraling upward with one-third of the population expected to face crisis or worse levels of food needs, but the U.N. has been ...

The sharing of lethal drone technology with al-Shabaab and IS Somalia could recast the conflict in the Horn and beyond.

“Our citizens were members of the helicopter crew of the United Nations Mission in Somalia that crashed,” said Oleh Nikolenko, spokesman for the Ukrainian foreign affairs ministry said Friday ...

In a major decision, the United Nations Security Council has extended its sanctions on Somalia, keeping strict measures in ...

The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday elected Somalia to the 15-member U.N. Security Council for a two-year term starting in 2025. The tiny Horn of Africa nation was among five countries ...

Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland wants the United Nations to reinstate an arms ban lifted seven months ago, saying easier access to weaponry is fueling clan conflict. With a weak ...

At least 43.3 million people require lifesaving and life-sustaining assistance in the Horn of Africa, the UN humanitarian agency OCHA said last week. The number of people displaced within Somalia ...

The United Nations says “famine is at the door” in Somalia with “concrete indications” famine will occur later this year in the southern Bay region. This falls just short of a formal ...

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Somalia has asked the United Nations to pause a planned drawdown of 3,000 African Union peacekeepers for three months to allow its security forces time to ...