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

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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.

A violent clash over the weekend between two clans in central Somalia has killed at least 55 people and injured another 155, residents and medical officials said on Monday.

A violent clash over the weekend between two clans in central Somalia has killed at least 55 people and injured another 155, residents and medical officials said on Monday.