[VOA] Mogadishu -- U.N. experts say the Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab has widened its revenue stream beyond its traditional activities, like charging tolls at checkpoints, to illegally taxing properties and construction.

[VOA] Minneapolis, Minnesota -- At least seven Somali-American women won races in Tuesday's U.S. midterm elections, results show.

[Shabelle] Wahbo -- A spokesman for Somalia's defense ministry has confirmed the capture of the strategic town of Wabho in Galmudug state from Al-Shabaab.

[VOA] Mogadishu, Somalia -- How to describe a militant group? It's a question in Somalia where for years the government and media have tussled over how to refer to al-Shabab.

[VOA] Mogadishu -- Somalia's military says it has liberated more territory from al-Shabab, including a strategic town that had been under the group's control for 15 years.

[Shabelle] A delegation headed by Somali prime minister Hamza Abdi Barre jetted off to Djibouti on Tuesday, the 3rd overseas trip since he assumed office in June.

[VOA] Washington -- Somalia's largest telecommunications company, Hormuud Telecom, says one of its centers and a telecommunications tower have been destroyed in an explosion in Qaayib, a village in the Galmudug state of Somalia.

[VOA] Mogadishu -- Somalia's military says it has repulsed an attack by al-Shabab militants on a military base in the country's central Galgaduud region.

[Shabelle] At least 5 are reportedly killed and 10 others wounded after Al-Shabaab attacked a Somali military base in the Galgadud region on Monday morning, locals said.

[Shabelle] Gunmen have killed a young man named Abdirahman Omar Abshirow in Dharkenley District of Banadir Region today, and then fled the scene.

[Shabelle] The UAE has strongly condemned the terrorist attack that targeted a Somali military training facility in the capital Mogadishu, which resulted in the death and injury of military personnel and civilians.

[Shabelle] The President of Southwest state, Abdiaziz Laftagaren arrived in the Elberde District of Bakol Region, which lies on the Somalia-Ethiopia border.

[VOA] Mogadishu, Somalia -- A suicide bomber targeted a military training facility Saturday evening in the southern part of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, killing or wounding several people.

[Shabelle] Somalia's minister of interior Ahmed Moalim Fiqi has arrived in Baidoa city, which serves as the interim administrative capital of Southwest State.

[VOA] Mogadishu, Somalia -- The Somali government Sunday said its elite soldiers have killed 21 al-Shabab militants and wounding 10 others in an operation in the country's lower Shabelle region.

[Shabelle] The Prime Minister of Somalia Hamza Abdi Barre received at his office doctors from Djibouti who came to Mogadishu to help the Oct 29 attack victims.

[Shabelle] MOGADISHU - In support of the Federal Government of Somalia's ongoing operations against al-Shabaab, U.S. Africa Command conducted a collective self-defense strike against al-Shabaab militants who were attacking Somali National Army forces...

[Shabelle] Wanlaweyn -- Somali army regained control of key areas in the Lower Shabelle region from Al-Shabaab following military operations.

[Shabelle] A key military base in southern Mogadishu, the Somali capital was hit by a suicide blast on Saturday night at around 8 pm local time.

[Africa Renewal] Seven countries in the region recorded 39 reported outbreaks, flooding and other acute public health events between 1 January and 30 October 2022

[DW] The heavy losses incurred by al-Shabab come after multiple car bombings were recently claimed by the group in Mogadishu.

[VOA] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somalia's military says its latest offensive against al-Shabab in the central part of the country Thursday killed more 100 of the extremist group's militants. Witnesses report heavy gun battles and airstrikes.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya has sent 4,244 kilograms of emergency aid package to Somalia to support Mogadishu terror attack victims.

[Shabelle] Heavy fighting broke out between Al-Shabaab militants and local militia in the Hiran region, central Somalia, officials said.

[Shabelle] The president of Somalia Hassan Sheikh held a meeting with his Egypt counterpart Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on the sidelines of a 2-day Arab Leagues forum in Algeria.

[Shabelle] A morning explosion occurred in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, just five days after twin car bombs killed more than 120 people at the busy Zoobe junction.

[VOA] Wajir, Kenya -- A Kenyan official says suspected al-Shabab militants have carjacked an ambulance in the country's northeast and abducted four people - the driver, two paramedics, and a patient - and taken them toward the border with Somalia.

[IPS] Urbana, Illinois, USA -- The statistics are stark. The crisis is unprecedented. Yet again, according to the United Nations, famine looms in Somalia, with hundreds of thousands already facing starvation. In addition, droughts, and catastrophic h...

[Shabelle] The U.S. Embassy in Mogadishu continues to closely monitor the security situation in the city of Mogadishu, including Aden Adde Airport.

[VOA] Baidoa, Somalia -- Somali authorities are scrambling to avert famine from a record drought that has affected nearly eight million Somalis, or half the population. The largest city in Somalia's South West state, Baidoa, is bearing the brunt as t...