Somalia Conflict
Somalia Conflict accounts for 0.001% of all global news coverage monitored by GDELT as of October 3, 2026 (1 matched articles/day). Coverage is down 19.1% week-over-week. The average tone of this coverage is +0.74 — neutral-to-positive.
Coverage of the conflict in Somalia, including al-Shabaab attacks and government and AU operations.
Data updated: · refreshed every 3 hours from GDELT
Coverage volume, last 90 days
Coverage tone, last 90 days
Emotional signature
Anxiety-related words per 1,000 words of matching English-language coverage (LIWC dictionaries via GDELT's GCAM). Latest day: 0 anxiety · 25.4 anger · 42.4 positive emotion. Tone says whether coverage reads negative; these say what kind of negative.
Where this coverage comes from
By language
- English100.0%
Share of matching coverage, from GDELT breakdowns (as of 2026-10-03). Tone split: 0% of articles read distinctly negative, 0% distinctly positive.
In focus by country
Countries where Somalia Conflict coverage concentrates — each links to the stories and headlines for that intersection.
Reader interest (Wikipedia)
Daily human pageviews of the topic's English Wikipedia article (Wikimedia Analytics). Coverage measures what the press supplies; this measures what readers seek out. Week-over-week: coverage -19.1%, reader interest +2.2% — supply and demand are diverging.
Top recent articles
- Somalia condemns Houthi attack on Madinah power station — sana.sy
- Côte dIvoire – Cameroun : heure , chaîne et où regarder le match — gaboneco.com
- Saudi Arabia says Houthis attempted to target Mecca , Medina 3 times over 9 years : Report — aa.com.tr
- O nouă amenințare asupra rutelor comerciale : Pirații somalezi s - au întors în largul Africii — stiripesurse.ro
- Anschlag in Manchester : „ Goldenes Zeitalter ist vorbei – Wie antisemitische Gewalt in Großbritannien um sich greift — welt.de
- Pirații somalezi s - au întors în largul Africii . 17 atacuri în 2026 și o nouă amenințare pentru navele comerciale — mediafax.ro
- العلاقات الإثيوبية الإريترية .. تسلسل زمني من المحطات والمطبات — aljazeera.net
- Pentagon boosts special combat pay rates for all military services — stripes.com
- Убийца секретаря юридической фирмы уже выпущен в общество из психиатрической клиники CAMH — torontovka.com
- Kolkata sailor killed by Somali pirates in hijacked oil tanker — sangbadpratidin.in
- A Second Scramble For Africa Is Unfolding As Wars Tear Across The Continent — dailycaller.com
- Saudi Arabia conducting joint investigation into Flydubai incident with UAE — middleeasteye.net
- بعد استهداف 4 سفن .. توقف شبه كلي لحركة العبور في مضيق هرمز — aljazeera.net
- Iráni és kínai technológiával uralják a Vörös - tengert a jemeni húszik — magyarhirlap.hu
- Western Sahara — securitycouncilreport.org
- UNDOF ( Golan ) — securitycouncilreport.org
- Kosovo , October 2026 Monthly Forecast : Security Council Report — securitycouncilreport.org
- Status Update since our September Forecast — securitycouncilreport.org
- From suicide bombers to positions of authority – the changing role of women in jihadi groups — theconversation.com
- Mais de 35 . 900 crianças mortas ou mutiladas por armas explosivas em cinco anos — fatimamissionaria.pt
- 북한군 포로 한국행 뒤엔 교계 물밑 헌신 있었다 — kmib.co.kr
- Pakistani nationals killed and injured in pirate attack transferred to hospital in Somalia — arynews.tv
- EEUU confirma nuevos bombardeos "en coordinación" con Somalia contra presuntos objetivos de Al Shabaab — diariosigloxxi.com
- Somalia's Al-Shabaab Question: Who Has the Mandate to Negotiate? — wardheernews.com
- テロ組織はAIをどう使っているのか──ISは 「 即戦力 」、 アルカイダは 「 長期戦 」 を見据える | ニューズウィーク日本版 オフィシャルサイト — newsweekjapan.jp
- Pili špinavú vodu a jedli raz denne . Päťmesačné zajatie tankera pirátmi sa skončilo smrťou piatich námorníkov - Svet - Správy — pravda.sk
- Al Shabab Keeps Somalia Trapped in a Cycle of War and Humanitarian Crisis — slguardian.org
- « فكرنا في إغراق السفينة ».. البحارة المصريون يكشفون تفاصيل 151 يومًا في قبضة قراصنة الصومال وساعات النجاة الأخيرة — almasryalyoum.com
- 예멘 반군 배후 , 이란뿐 아니다 … 깊어지는 후티 - 중국 커넥션 - 국제ㅣ한국일보 — hankookilbo.com
- 북한군 포로 한국행 뒤엔 교계 물밑 헌신 있었다 — kmib.co.kr
- Jihadists and the Lone - Wolf Pilot threat : Is aviation the next target ? — weeklyblitz.net
- Begic firma un assist , gol e traversa per Perciun . Come sono andati i nazionali della Serie B — tuttomercatoweb.com
- APO Group - Africa Newsroom / Press release | Amb . Diene visits frontline African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia ( AUSSOM ) personnel in Kismayo — africa-newsroom.com
- Somalia Pirate Attack: सोमालिया में हाईजैक टैंकर पर खूनी हमला, भारतीय समेत 5 नाविकों की मौत | World — aajsamaaj.com
- Libertarian think tank pearl - clutches about reduced Islamic migration but it music to MAGA ears — theblaze.com
- Readers sound off on NYC ultra - wealthy , antisemitism accusations and Jaxson Dart — nydailynews.com
- Somalia: Al-Shabaab Fighters Spent 3 Months in Yemen Learning Drone Assembly , Control Systems — allafrica.com
- Beyond the Red Sea : Ethiopian - Eritrean Conflict Risks Converging With Yemen Crisis — themedialine.org
- 3 Pakistanis among 5 killed in Somalia ship attack — samaa.tv
- جامبيا تقلب الطاولة على غانا برباعية في تصفيات أمم أفريقيا — shorouknews.com
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Related fact-checks
- Video shows recent fighting on Kenya-Somalia border?FalseAFP Fact Check · 2020-03-05
Via the Google Fact Check Tools API; ratings are the fact-checkers' own.
Frequently asked questions
- How much news coverage is Somalia Conflict receiving right now?
- As of October 3, 2026, coverage matching this topic makes up 0.001% of all articles GDELT monitors worldwide, roughly 1 articles per day.
- Is media coverage of Somalia Conflict increasing or decreasing?
- Coverage is down 19.1% week-over-week (the mean of the latest 7 days compared with the 7 days before).
- What is the tone of news coverage about Somalia Conflict?
- The average GDELT tone of matching coverage is +0.74, which reads as neutral-to-positive. Tone typically ranges from about -10 (very negative) to +10 (very positive).
- How are these numbers measured?
- Geotone processes the GDELT Project's 15-minute data files every three hours, matching this topic's fixed query against article titles across 65+ languages and aggregating counts and tone by UTC day. Coverage volume is the share of all GDELT-monitored articles matching the topic query; tone is the mean document tone. Full details are on the methodology page.
Methodology: coverage share and tone are computed from GDELT's 15-minute data files and aggregated to UTC days — see how every number is computed. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).