MOGADISHU, Somalia, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- At least 15 people were killed Friday when insurgents attacked the Somali capital city of Mogadishu, officials and witnesses said.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, May 8 (UPI) -- Militiamen in Somalia killed a U.N. World Food Program truck driver at an illegal checkpoint as the driver was attempting to deliver aid.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 3 (UPI) -- A "known al-Qaida terrorist" in southern Somalia was the target of a U.S. airstrike, which injured eight people, a Pentagon official said Monday.

LONDON, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- The Horn of Africa ranks alongside the Middle East as an area of greatest concern to British counter-terrorism officials.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Humanitarian groups say thousands of children in Somalia are facing starvation.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- At least 43 children are confirmed dead in south-central Somalia as an outbreak of cholera slowly spreads across the East African nation.

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern over the U.S. air strikes on Somalia, particularly their humanitarian impact.

NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Troops and police along Kenya's border with Somalia are on high alert amid fighting between Ethiopian soldiers and fighters from the Union of Islamic Courts.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- An Ethiopian airstrike hit the main airport of Somalia's capital Monday, injuring a woman and damaging a runway.