--- title: Somalia | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/tag/somalia/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/tag/somalia/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: article twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Somalia ## Somalia *  Jun 9, 2026 ## [Somali Referee Denied Entry to U.S. for World Cup](https://time.com/article/2026/06/09/fifa-world-cup-somalia-referee-entry-block-customs-border-protection/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Chad de Guzman *  May 27, 2026 ## [How Trump’s War With Iran Is Giving Somali Pirates an Opening](https://time.com/article/2026/05/22/how-trump-s-war-with-iran-is-giving-somali-pirates-an-opening/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Luke McGee *  Oct 13, 2022 ## [Why Somalia's Drought Isn't Getting Attention](https://time.com/6219524/somalia-drought-famine-history/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Belinda Luscombe *  Aug 12, 2022 ## [Somalia Heading Towards Famine Amid Drought](https://time.com/6205717/somalia-famine-drought-climate-crisis/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Eloise Barry *  May 17, 2022 ## [Why Biden Is Redeploying Troops to Somalia](https://time.com/6177475/somalia-elections-biden-troops/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Eloise Barry *  Dec 17, 2018 ## [U.S. Airstrikes Kill 62 Al Shabaab Militants In Somalia](https://time.com/5481292/al-shabaab-airstrikes-62-somalia/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Billy Perrigo *  Sep 14, 2018 ## [Two Girls Die After FGM Procedure in Somalia](https://time.com/5396125/somalia-female-genital-mutilation-death/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Laignee Barron *  Oct 16, 2017 ## [What to Know About the Al Shabaab Bombings in Somalia](https://time.com/4983416/somalia-bomb-al-shabaab-terrorist-attack/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Eli Meixler *  Jul 20, 2017 ## [Meet the Former Governor Fighting the Worst Humanitarian Crisis Since 1945](https://time.com/4866580/famine-world-food-programme-humanitarian-crisis/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Jack Brewster *  Jun 20, 2017 ## [Somalia: Soldier Who Shot Minister Sentenced to Death](https://time.com/4824624/siarji-somalia-death-sentence/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Ryan Kilpatrick *  May 5, 2017 ## [Somalian Forces Fatally Shoot Young Minister Mistaken for Militant](https://time.com/4768485/somalia-minister-abas-siraji-killed/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Feliz Solomon *  Apr 24, 2017 ## [Fartuun Adan: The World Is One Family. Let's Treat Each Other That Way](https://time.com/4752109/fartuun-adan-somalia/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Fartuun Adan *  Feb 22, 2017 ## [By the Time We Declare a Famine, It's Already Too Late](https://time.com/4678852/famine-south-sudan-yemen-nigeria-somalia/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Aryn Baker *  Sep 30, 2016 ## [Somali Officials Claim U.S. Airstrike Killed Civilians](https://time.com/4514144/somalia-mogadishu-galmudug-puntland-airstrike-al-shabab/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Feliz Solomon *  Sep 21, 2016 ## [Food Shortages Hitting 5 Million People in Somalia](https://time.com/4502298/somalia-food-shortage-un-famine-hunger/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Rishi Iyengar ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/somalia/","name":"Somalia"}}]}] ```