Part of a UN peacekeeping force sent into Somalia to protect international famine relief efforts in the face of continued clan warfare, US soldiers...
Group of Somali women in colorful hijabs walking in the KM 4 district of central Mogadishu, which been a target for a number of Al Shabaab suicide...
Airport Road, Mogadishu,Somaliaa man walks past a mosque in an area recently rested from al Shabaab Islamists and now controlled by the Somalia...
Building lies crumbling on a deserted street in Mogadishu before the arrival of 28,000 United States Marines, sent during Operation Restore Hope to...
This picture taken on June 3 shows the newly opened Turkish embassy in Mogadishu on June 3, 2016. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has visited...
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends the opening of a new Turkish embassy in Mogadishu on June 3, 2016. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip...
Somalia: Italy Prepares For War In Africa. An open-air workshop near Mogadishu in Italian Somaliland where preparations for war with Ethiopia are...
Supporters of warlord Mohamed Farah Aidid erect barricades of burning tires during a brief and secretive visit to Mogadishu by United Nations...
Marines board a hovercraft 23 March to leave Somalia, part of the final contingent of US troops pulling out of Somalia. An hour-long battle between...
This 02 September file photo shows a US UH-60 "Black Hawk" helicopter in Somalia. A US army UH-60 carrying 15 people went missing 11 March near Fort...
Residents lift the covered body of Somalia's former defence minister Muhidin Mohamed from near a destroyed vehicle, following an explosion on...
Resident adjusts a sheet covering the body of Somalia's former defence minister Muhidin Mohamed at the scene of an explosion on February 15 in the...
Man walks through Daru Salaam city, a new housing estate built amid an ecomonic boom, north Mogadishu on December 11, 2015. Somalia's elegant...
People walk through Daru Salaam city, a new housing estate built amid an ecomonic boom, north Mogadishu on December 11, 2015. Somalia's elegant...
Somali soldier stands guard next to the site where Al Shebab militants carried out a suicide attack against a military intelligence base in Mogadishu...
An elderly man walks past an internally displaced persons camp near the Somali Parliament in Mogadishu on March 24, 2015. AFP PHOTO/Carl de Souza
Boy watches as Somali refugees load their belongings onto a truck after their temporary shelters were destroyed by Somali soldiers on March 4, 2015...
Somalia federal government soldier conducts random check of public transport vehicles during a patrol on the streets of Mogadishu on February 18 as...
Customer waits to collect money at the Juba Express money transfer company in Mogadishu on February 12, 2015. The US-based Merchants Bank of...
Fans fill the stands during a FIFA-backed exhibition match between an international team and a local side at the National Stadium in Mogadishu on May...
Fans fill the stands during a FIFA-backed exhibition match between an international team and a local side at the National Stadium in Mogadishu on May...
Retired Cameroonian football star Samuel Eto'o controls the ball during of a FIFA-backed exhibition match between an international team and a local...
View of slippers outside a military camp after a suicide bomber blew himself leaving at least 11 people killed and 20 others wounded at the Hodan...
View of slippers outside a military camp after a suicide bomber blew himself leaving at least 11 people killed and 20 others wounded at the Hodan...
Cars struggle to navigate roads damaged by floodwaters as streets were flooded due to heavy rainfall in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on May 09, 2025.
Turkish solider is seen through the window of an armoured car at the entrance to Mogadishu's Aden Adde International Airport, on April 26, 2025 in...
Women are instructed by police as they queue at the entrance of a building where civilians are registering to vote on April 23, 2025 in Mogadishu,...
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud sits in his office as he speaks to journalists at Villa Somalia, the palace and principal workplace of the...
Girls learn verses from the Quran and recite poetry in Arabic, during an evening Sufi religious meeting on April 22, 2025 in Mogadishu, Somalia....
Officers with Somalia's anti-terror police search vehicles and motorists at a pop-up check point created to find weapons and bomb components on a...
People buy and sell fish in a fish market in central Mogadishu, on April 25, 2025 in Mogadishu, Somalia. There are concerns of a jihadist resurgence...
People swim and spend time on Mogadishu's Lido beach, on April 25, 2025 in Mogadishu, Somalia. There are concerns of a jihadist resurgence in Somalia...
Construction work is seen from the top of a high-rise building, on April 25, 2025 in Mogadishu, Somalia. There are concerns of a jihadist resurgence...
Somali National Army trainee soldiers take part in military drills in Hiilweyne training institute in a military base north of Mogadishu on April 21,...
Somali National Army trainee soldiers take part in military drills in Hiilweyne training institute in a military base north of Mogadishu on April 21,...
Soldiers from the Somali National Army are seen in Hiilweyne training institute, a military base north of Mogadishu, on April 21, 2025 in Mogadishu,...
Somali National Army trainee soldiers take part in military drills in Hiilweyne training institute in a military base north of Mogadishu on April 21,...
Soldier mans a check point and checks vehicles near Camp TURKSOM, a Turkish military base south of Mogadishu, on April 24, 2025 in Mogadishu,...
Men serve customers in a bakery shop in central Mogadishu, on April 23, 2025 in Mogadishu, Somalia. There are concerns of a jihadist resurgence in...
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed meets with the Somalian President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud during his official visit in Mogadishu, Somalia on...
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is welcomed by the Somalian President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud during an official ceremony at the Mogadishu Aden...
Shukri Osman Muse , Mogadishu's first female equestrian, rides her horse as a group of children curiously stroke the animal in Mogadishu on January...
View of damage after a violent explosion occurred at a restaurant near the Presidential Palace in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia on September 28,...
View of damage after a violent explosion occurred at a restaurant near the Presidential Palace in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia on September 28,...
Citizens in an IDP camp in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia are viewed on August 11, 2024. Drought and conflict in Somalia are worsening the living...
Hundred of protesters gather at the Lido beach in Mogadishu on August 5, 2024 to express solidarity and mourn after the latest attack claimed 37...
Woman walks past debris and destruction at a cafe in Mogadishu on July 15, 2024 following a car bomb blast where five people were killed where...
Muslims in Somalia's capital Mogadishu gather at the Isbahaysiga Islamic mosque for Eid al-Adha prayers, on June 16, 2024.
An Italian soldier watches over the training course of Somali National Army troops at the General Dhagabadan Training Centre in Mogadishu on March...
Security forces are dispatched to the scene after bomb and armed attack on a hotel which is close to the Presidential Palace, organized by al-Shabaab...
Police officers take security measures around the area after a bomb attack at Bakaara Bazaar in Mogadishu, Somalia on February 6, 2024. It is...
People walk while shopping at the Hamarweyne Market in Mogadishu on December 14, 2023. Somalia will benefit from a major $4.5 billion debt reduction...
Somali woman buys vegetables at the Hamarweyne Market in Mogadishu on December 14, 2023. Somalia will benefit from a major $4.5 billion debt...
Somali children play with toy guns during celebrations for Eid al-Adha in Mogadishu on October 2013. Eid is known as 'the feast of the sacrifice',...
Vehicles have difficulty moving forward due to puddles formed on the streets after the downpour in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on November 09, 2023.
Students stand in front of the Somali University in Mogadishu on August 2013. Unidentified gunmen killed two Somalis and wounded a Swedish woman when...
