Islamist group al-Shabab has claimed the attack, the worst to hit Kismayo since they were forced ... on Somalia's female entrepreneurs and things to do in the city of Las Anod.

Unlike most other youths, he's received training with a local mechanic at a Kismayo garage. "At least here I have got something to learn and do," he says. "Back in Dadaab camp [in Kenya], I was ...

“You can’t say things are normal here. We can’t relax,” he said. Lieutenant Colonel says that Kismayo is now a model ... of what the Somali people can do when they have peace,” he ...

"We do not expect the junior forces to fight without their commanders. So we expect minimal resistance as we get to Kismayo.” He also says the militants have dismantled a radio transmitter in ...

while the untested Kenyans may find themselves forced to wait for other African Union troops to fight their way down the coast to do the hard work in Kismayo. But assuming al-Shabab leave the port ...

Retro white-metal-and-wood hospital beds—arranged in a cluster in the dappled shade of a broad tree—serve as the main emergency ward at Kismayo General Hospital. Emergency is the only kind of ...

“You can’t say things are normal here. We can’t relax,” he said. Lieutenant Colonel says that Kismayo is now a model ... of what the Somali people can do when they have peace,” he ...

“So far this month, more than 10,000 people have fled from Kismayo fearing the resumption of fighting. Movements substantially increased on Monday and have been continuing since. Some 7,500 ...

Kismayo was the last bastion controlled by al-Shabab, the radical Islamists allied to al-Qaida who taxed goods coming into the port to fund their activities. Al-Shabab announced their withdrawal ...