Recognizing Somaliland is more than a moral imperative for the United States. It is also a strategic opportunity.

A Somali government-led alliance with clans may be a winning strategy against the al Qaeda-linked terrorist group al-Shabab. The Somali clan strategy — a homegrown indigenous-led campaign — is ...

Clans have been the bedrock of Somali identity since the first bands of nomads fought over water holes. “Out there, you needed to belong to someone,” said Yusuf Mohammed Ali, ...

Social media-savvy performers are injecting new life into buraanbur, which uses powerful, rhythmic verse to bring audiences ...

Somalia’s clans have always been strong and are the only source of security and social welfare for most people. Almost all the militias currently fighting al-Shabab have kinship ties to the ...

Uprising by Somali clans puts al-Qaeda-linked militants on the defensive. After Somalia’s government put its backing behind some clan militias, they began to retake territory from al-Shabab ...

Somalis divide themselves into many clans and clan confederations. Clan and tribe mean the same thing to me and I will be referring to them often. The Somali word for clan or tribe is Qabil. The ...

For years, Somali clans and villages have tried to resist demands from the Islamist group al-Shabab, which can include taxes called "zakat," plus livestock, weapons and boys they can turn into ...

Rival clans agree on "life for a life" deal to end a cycle of revenge killings and vendettas.

Washington — A deadly clash over the weekend between two clans in central Somalia has killed at least 50 people, residents and medical officials told VOA on Monday.