Latest from Somalia
Trump signs travel ban targeting 12 countries
The action is in response to this week's Colorado attack, US President says.
Opinion: Foreign aid isn’t just about survival today, it's about hope for tomorrow
Wealthy countries are cutting aid, putting children in life-threatening situations.
Search on for two missing US Navy Seals
Two US Navy Seals are missing after a night-time boarding mission off the Somalia coast.
Extremists attack UN helicopter, killing one passenger and abducting five
The extremists burnt the helicopter after confiscating what they thought was important.
Commercial vessel and US destroyer attacked off Yemen, says US military
Financial Times: Growing threat to ships in one of world’s most important trade corridors.
Death toll from floods in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia rises to 130
At least 130 are dead as heavy rains triggered 'flooding seen only once every 100 years'.
Watch: Slow 100-metre runner goes viral at university games
The competitor took more than 20 seconds to finish a 100-meter race.
World-first surgery to remove bullet after woman's bizarre intimate injury
The stray bullet hit the woman while she was relaxing at home.
Migrant boat breaks apart off Italy, at least 45 dead
A months-old baby and a boy of 8 were reported among the dead.
US military kills senior Islamic State official in Somalia
US special ops forces have killed a senior Isis group official and 10 others.
‘They are on the run’: Somalia leads fight against al-Shabab
Somalia launches the most significant military offensive against al-Shabab in a decade.
WHO declares new ‘imminent’ global threat
Warning measles could cause global problems if immunisation programmes aren't bought back.
Rachael Waugh: Somalia on the brink - we need to act
OPINION: Save the Children NZ's director of international programmes pleads for action.
Somalis are going hungry. Their government isn’t calling it a famine
New York Times: Leaders resist formal declaration that could unlock aid and save lives.
Two explosions rock Somalia’s capital, killing at least 30
Two car bombs exploded in Mogadishu, leaving 'scores of civilian casualties'.
Stephen Knowles: Famine in the Horn of Africa - was Live Aid just a Band-Aid?
OPINION: The scourge of starvation returns 40 years on.
Somali forces end hotel attack with 21 dead, 117 hurt
It took Somali forces more than 30 hours to contain the fighters.
Gunmen storm hotel in Somali capital, leave 20 dead
Somali forces still trying to end siege at the hotel 24 hours after the attack began.
'We buried him and kept walking': Children die as Somalis flee hunger
New York Times: Almost half of Somalia's people facing acute food shortages.
Black Hawk Down under fire: How Ridley Scott won Battle of Mogadishu
A Zulu-like whitewashing of history? Or painfully true depiction of modern warfare?
Biden quadruples Trump's 'record-low ceiling' refugee cap
After facing weeks of bipartisan blowback, Biden takes action on US refugee admissions.
The 'Kiwi' Isis terrorist: How she was radicalised in Australia
Inside story of Suhayra Aden's life in a Syrian refugee camp, and her bid for freedom.
Somalia's army told her to sew a skirt. Now she's one of its top officers
New York Times: Iman Elman is one of the highest-ranking women in the Somali military.
Who hasn't heard of Covid-19 by now? More than you'd think
Anyone who is unaware of the coronavirus is given a short explanation of the pandemic.
Double blow for Africa as plague of locusts threaten food crops
A second wave of a huge locust outbreak is arriving in parts of East Africa.
Truck bomb in Somalia's capital kills at least 78
Mayor says at least 90 people were wounded, including children.
Steve Liddle: Bolstering democracy via low-cost satellites and mobile phones
Comment: Somali elections informed by technological breakthroughs and Kiwi can-do.