NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that Somalia's fragile government will receive more U.S. assistance in the future.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, May 4 (UPI) -- A leading opposition figure in Somalia says he will not meet with Somali President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, April 22 (UPI) -- Pirates preying on commercial shipping off the coast of Somalia are violating Islamic principles and endangering the country, the new Somali president said.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 26 (UPI) -- A Somali Cabinet minister was injured and one of his secretaries killed when a roadside bomb was detonated Thursday in Mogadishu, officials said.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 19 (UPI) -- A message released Thursday claiming to be from Osama bin Laden says that the new Somali president has partnered with "the infidel" and should be "dethroned."
MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 1 (UPI) -- Somali President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed says he will impose a form of Islamic law, or Shariah, within the country, a key demand of armed insurgents.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Former diplomat Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke has been named the new prime minister of Somalia.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Sheik Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, who was sworn in as president of Somalia Sunday, landed Saturday in Mogadishu.
DJIBOUTI, Djibouti, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Somali lawmakers have tapped moderate Islamist leader Sheikh Sharif Ahmed to serve as the African country's new president, officials in Djibouti said.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, July 27 (UPI) -- The senior U.N. envoy to Somalia has reiterated his call for the Executive Council of Islamic Courts to resume peace talks with the transitional government.
