Opposition forces that make up the Somali Future Council (SFC) oppose the idea of extending President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s mandate by another year and refused to recognize him as the legitimate head of the state after May 15.

A passenger aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff at Mogadishu’s Aden Adde International Airport, but all passengers and crew were safely evacuated, Somali officials said.

Aidarous al-Zubaidi, leader of Yemen’s UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), fled Yemen after failing to attend crisis talks in Riyadh, the Saudi-led coalition said. He reportedly traveled by boat and then by plane from Mogadishu to a military airport in Abu Dhabi, under the supervision of UAE officers.

A Ugandan military helicopter carrying eight people crashed on Tuesday at Aden Adde International Airport in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, according to aviation officials.

A military helicopter crashed in Somalia's capital city of Mogadishu, News.Az reports, citing foreign media.

More torrential rains have hit Somalia, this time in Banadir, northeast of the capital Mogadishu, killing nine people and triggering deadly flooding 24,000 people being affected, UN humanitarians said.

Nearly 200 passengers traveling from Nairobi to Mogadishu were stranded on Wednesday after Somali airlines operating between the two capital cities suspended flights due to a dispute over the Somalian government's recently increased taxes, News.az reports citing foreign media.

At least seven people, including security personnel and civilians, were killed and six others injured in a suicide bombing at a cafe in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, police said, News.Az reports citing foreign media.