Heavy rains have triggered severe flooding in Mogadishu, submerging low-lying areas and key roads across the city. The relentless downpour has disrupted daily life, with waterlogging affecting transport and residential zones. Authorities are monitoring the situation closely as emergency teams work to manage the impact. The floods highlight growing concerns over extreme weather patterns and urban drainage challenges in the region.


Mogadishu Floods: Relentless Downpour Submerges Low-Lying Areas & Roads

Five people were killed in a powerful car bomb blast late Sunday at a cafe in the Somali capital Mogadishu that was packed with football fans watching the Euro 2024 final, local media said, citing police.

Mogadishu car bomb blast: 5 dead, 20 injured at packed cafe during Euro 2024 match

In a major shift in Somalia, women have joined the male-dominated traffic police to help control congestion particularly in the capital Mogadishu.The role was previously off-limits for women in the conservative Muslim nation, where they traditionally worked only behind desks in administrative jobs.

Somalia: Women patrolling streets of Mogadishu

Somalia’s first all-women media outfit is set to expand its coverage. Bilan, created just over a year ago in the country’s capital, Mogadishu, is a six-women newsroom featuring a blend of breaking news and in-depth features focusing on the lived realities of women.

Somalia's female media spotlights taboos

Islamist fighters set off a bomb then stormed a government building in Somalia's capital on Sunday, killing at least five civilians, the ministry of information said.

At least five killed in blast, attack near Mogadishu mayor's office in Somalia

Al-Shabaab terrorists set off a bomb and stormed a government building in Somalia's capital Mogadishu. Six civilians lost their lives and four others were injured. The Al-Qaeda-backed terror group has stepped up bombings in the country. Molly Gambhir reports.

Gravitas | Somalia: Al-Shabaab terrorists storm mayor's office

Somalian security forces successfully ended the hours-long siege of a key hotel in the country's capital Mogadishu on Monday (November 28th). The latest attack by al Shabaab militants claimed eight lives as per officials.

Eight civilians killed in al-Shabaab's latest attack on Mogadishu, hotel siege ends after 21 hours

The death toll from terror attack in capital Mogadishu has risen to 100. Two car bombs exploded at a busy intersection and more than 300 people were injured in the twin blasts. The Somalian President said that the death toll could rise further.

300 injured in blasts outside Somalia's Education Ministry office

The death toll from terror attack in capital Mogadishu has risen to 100, two car bombs exploded at a busy intersection and over 300 people were injured in the twin blasts. The Somalian President said that the death toll could rise further.

Somalia: 100 killed, 300 injured in two car bomb explosions in Mogadishu

An attack on a Mogadishu hotel and a subsequent hostage situation has left 21 dead. Somali fighters took 30 hours to regain control of the hotel from Al-Shabab terrorists. Some guests had locked themselves in a hotel room, 3 children hid in a toilet. Palki Sharma brings you the story.

Gravitas: Mogadishu hotel siege: How the story unfolded

Somali security forces have after 30 hours ended the deadly siege at a hotel in the capital Mogadishu, reported AFP quoting a security commander. Speaking to AFP under the condition of anonymity, the commander said, "The security forces have ended the siege now and the gunmen are dead, we've had no incoming gunfire from the building in the past hour.

After 30 hours, Somali forces end deadly siege on Mogadishu hotel

A hotel in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, was hit by explosions and gunfire on Friday as members of a Jihadist organisation targeted the establishment. At least 16 people were killed in the attack on a seaside hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, said a government spokesman.

16 killed in attack on Mogadishu hotel; Jihadist group Al-Shabaab takes onus

At least 12 people have been killed in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, after the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab group attacked a hotel. Security forces are still fighting the gunman inside the hotel.

Somalian Forces: First blast caused by suicide bomber, 12 civilians killed in the attack

According to the head of the city's emergency services, a car bomb exploded on a road leading to the airport in Mogadishu on Wednesday, killing at least eight people.

Massive blast goes off in Somalia's capital; at least eight killed

A car bombing near a school in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu claimed eight lives and left around a dozen injured on Thursday, in the attack claimed by Al Shabaab Islamic terrorists.

8 killed, 17 injured in suicide blast near school in Mogadishu, Al Shabaab claims responsibility

Gunfire erupted in Somalia's capital on Sunday between soldiers loyal to the government and others angry at the country's leader as tensions spiked over President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed's extended stay in power.

Gunfire erupts in Somali capital Mogadishu amid President's standoff

Gunmen opposed to Somalia's Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed had control of strategic parts of the capital Mogadishu on Monday, Reuters journalists saw, after factions in the security forces clashed at the weekend over his term extension.

Forces opposed to Somali president control parts of Mogadishu

At least five soldiers were killed and more than a dozen people, mostly civilians, were wounded in violence related to protests over Somalia's delayed election. On Friday, Somali security forces fired on hundreds of people peacefully demonstrating in Mogadishu over the delayed vote.

Five killed in Somalia's election-related violence

Al-Qaida-linked Somali terror outfit Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing near the capital Mogadishu that killed at least five people, media reported Saturday.

Five killed, 14 wounded in bomb attack in Somalia's Mogadishu; Al-Shabab claims responsibility

A rifle on his back, Mohamed Yasin tries in vain to chase away the swarm of yellow-coloured insects that have invaded his farm as his camels mill about nearby. Swarming on the outskirts of Mogadishu, locusts are eating away at Yasin`s livelihood, destroying maize and beans and all his grass.

Outside Mogadishu, locusts turn farmland into desert

Whistles screech on the sea breeze as three Somali coaches inspect a line of women in black and blue headscarves dribbling basketballs. It's not just the heat that makes it hard: the women are also braving the scorn of their families and the threat of attack by gunmen who think women should not play sport publicly.

Women's basektball a surprise hit in Somali capital

Ten civilians and one police officer were killed in a gun and bomb attack by Al-Shabaab fighters on a hotel in Somalia's capital on Sunday. Security forces took four hours to regain control of the Elite Hotel in the Lido beach area of Mogadishu after five assailants stormed it early Sunday evening.

Eleven killed in gun and bomb attack at hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu

At least four people were killed and several wounded in a car bombing that apparently targeted Turkish engineers in Somalia's capital city Mogadishu, police and witnesses said.

At least four killed, dozens injured in Al-Shabaab car bombing in Somalia

The United States and Somalia govt claimed to neutralise 4 Al-Shabaab terrorists after the horrendous car explosion in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, on Saturday which claimed the lives of around 80 people. #WIONDispatch #WION

WION Dispatch: U.S., Somalia govt neutralised 4 Al-Shabaab terrorists

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