MOGADISHU, Somalia, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Islamist militants in southern Somalia said Thursday they would fight any United Nations peacekeeping force after the Security Council approved the move.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi says his country is ready to fight the Islamists in neighboring Somalia, whom he described as a threat.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- An international effort is underway to help 1.8 million people, mostly in Somalia, who have been hit by flooding from weeks of rains in the Horn of Africa.

BURHAKBA, Somalia, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Tensions are rising in Burhakaba after Somali government troops moved in to seize control of the city from warring militias. Residents are fleeing Burhakaba as government troops and fighters of the Islamic Courts Union, which control most of Somalia, gath

MOGADISHU, Somalia, July 10 (UPI) -- Somalia Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Ghedi has reportedly refused to participate in peace talks with Islamists amid renewed fighting in Mogadishu.

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- U.N. agencies have appealed to the world community to help feed six million people facing malnutrition in drought-stricken east Africa.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The World Food Program is being forced to deliver food aid to Somalia by road from Kenya because ship owners are too worried about piracy in the high seas.

ROME, June 29 (UPI) -- The United Nations warns the prolonged Horn of Africa drought has reduced Somalia's crops to the point where cereal shortfall could reach 70,000 tons.