Mogadishu — A Somali military officer says a night-time curfew was imposed and came into effect over night in Somalia's southern port city of Kismayo, a move that intended to stop sting of bombings and insecurity acts since Al shabab's withdrawal early this month.

African Union troops and Somali government forces have taken control of the Wanlaweyn town, a former stronghold of al-Shabab fighters.

Mogadishu — The new prime minister of Somalia's fledgling government Abdi Farah Shirdon Saaid has promised to tackle corruption, misuse of power and internal disputes in the previous governments.

Somalia’s newly elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has named Abdi Farah Shirdon Saaid as the country’s new prime minister, Press TV reports.

Somalia says its security forces have arrested around 100 suspected al-Shabab fighters during an operation in the port city of Kismayo, Press TV reports.

Thousands have been rendered homeless in Somalia after river floods, triggered by days of heavy torrential downpour, hit parts of the eastern African country, Press TV reports.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Renewed clan warfare threatens the future of Kismayo, where African Union and Somali troops earlier this week pushed out Islamic extremists.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Allied African troops have taken full control of Kismayo in Somalia, the last stronghold of Extremist rebels who have been fighting against the country's internationally backed government, a Kenyan military official said Tuesday.

A powerful bomb blast has rocked Somalia’s southern port city of Kismayo, one of the first of such blasts since Somali and foreign forces seized control of the area, Press TV reports.

At least 13 people have been killed in an attack by a US assassination drone in southern Somalia, Press TV reports.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Hundreds of Somali troops on Monday entered the port city of Kismayo for the first time since Kenyan troops carried out an amphibious assault on the coastal port city last week, a military offensive that caused al-Shabab militants to flee.

A US-led drone strike has claimed the lives of at least four people in southwestern Somalia, leaving over a dozen others injured Press TV reports.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The al-Qaida-linked rebels who once controlled nearly all of Somalia's capital and sowed fear throughout the southern part of the country are fleeing their last remaining stronghold because they are outgunned and don't want heavy losses, experts said Sunday.

Somali deputy PM tells Al Jazeera Kenyan and Somali forces to enter key city, after al-Shabab withdrawal.

Another Somali reporter has been murdered in the capital, Mogadishu, taking to six the number of journalists assassinated in the country in the past month, Press TV reports.

The beheaded body of a Somali journalist has been found in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, making him the fifth journalist to be killed in the country within a month, Press TV reports.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — One Somali journalist was shot dead by gunmen on Friday while a second journalist was beheaded and his body dumped in the street, officials and residents said, two attacks that bring the number of Somali journalists killed this year to 15.

Somalia’s al-Shabab militants have conceded defeat in their last major stronghold in the south of the country after Kenyan army troops seized control of the strategic port city of Kismayo, Press TV reports.

HOBYO, Somalia (AP) — The empty whiskey bottles and overturned, sand-filled skiffs that litter this once-bustling shoreline are signs that the heyday of Somali piracy may be over. Most of the prostitutes are gone, the luxury cars repossessed. Pirates talk more about catching lobsters than seizing cargo ships.

HOBYO, Somalia (AP) — The empty whiskey bottles and overturned, sand-filled skiffs littering this once-bustling shoreline are signs the heyday of Somali piracy may be over. Most of the prostitutes are gone and the luxury cars repossessed. Pirates while away their hours playing cards or catching lobsters.