Somalia Culture Name Somali Alternative Names Somali Democratic Republic, Soomaaliya (in Somali) Orientation Identification. Somalia was known to the ancient Egyptians as the Land of Punt...the Bible, and ancient Romans called it Cape Aromatica. Somalia is named for the legendary father of the Somali ...

Somalia is facing its worst humanitarian crisis in a decade, and...prices of food and fuel, and severe drought in central Somalia are the main factors contributing to the humanitarian crisis...Hundt, head of the International Red Cross' delegation for Somalia. When you put all these factors together this is ...

Somalia is facing its worst humanitarian crisis in a decade, and...prices of food and fuel, and severe drought in central Somalia are the main factors contributing to the humanitarian crisis...Hundt, head of the International Red Cross' delegation for Somalia. When you put all these factors together this is ...

Somalia is an orphan of the Cold War. A toy played with by the Soviet Union and the U.S., Somalia was invaluable during the heated contention between the...Barre regime coincided with the end of the Cold War, and as Somalia collapsed into clanicide violence, most of the non-African...

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Ethiopian jets bombed Somalia's two main airports Monday while ground troops captured three villages and a strategic border town, lending Somalia's internationally backed government crucial military aid in...

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- From staff and wire reports MOGADISHU, Somalia - Attack helicopters strafed suspected al-Qaida fighters in southern Somalia on Tuesday, witnesses said, after two days of airstrikes by U.S. forces. The Norfolk-based aircraft...

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Somalia's prime minister said Tuesday that rival Islamic fighters have been...Islamic militia that until two weeks ago controlled most of southern Somalia and threatened to drive out the internationally backed government...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Ethiopian jets bombed Somalia's two main airports Monday while ground troops captured three villages and a strategic border town, lending Somalia's internationally backed government crucial military aid in...

Somalia's government was near collapse Sunday as Islamic insurgents...or share power with the Western-backed administration. Somalia's president fired the prime minister Sunday, saying he...only to see Islamic law running this country, Robow said. Somalia has been without an effective government since 1991, ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Ethiopian jets bombed Somalia's two main airports Monday while ground troops captured three villages and a strategic border town, lending Somalia's internationally backed government crucial military aid in...