Africa

At least 15 people are feared dead and more than 60 injured after a night fire, once again, gutted a section of Gikomba in the capital Nairobi on Thursday morning. Witnesses told the Nation that they counted at least six unidentified bodies that had been...

By: Telegraph This week, after two years of devastating drought and soaring food prices, the UN warned that without action, famine will hit Somalia within the next few weeks. With half a million children...

By: MoDuale Ethiopia's Prime Minister, Dr. Abiy Ahmed, arrived in Asmara in mid morning hours today for a working visit to Ertrea. Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki accorded warm welcome to the Ethiopian Prime Minister and his delegation on arrival at Asmara International Airport . The two leaders...

The Standard Gauge Railway station in Nairobi is easily the most impressive public building in Kenya. While a lot of Kenyan government buildings are drab and functional and date back to colonial days, this station is adventurous. It's all gray and modern. Geometric shapes form...

"Special side event on "Innovations in Electoral Democracy in Africa" KIGALI, Rwanda, April 16, 2018/ -- A nation’s ability to raise its productivity and compete in the global market, its growth and income sustainably over the long term depends largely on its capacity to innovate....

In May 1991, Somaliland emerged as a self-declared independent state in the aftermath of the failure and subsequent collapse of Siyad Barre’s Somalia. Although ethnically and linguistically Somalilanders are undistinguishable from their counterparts in Somalia, the republic of Somaliland has achieved an important distinction:...

An al-Shabaab defection raised hopes in Mogadishu, but violence, and lessons from another conflict, suggest little has changed By Yaroslav Trofimov MOGADISHU, Somalia—When a former deputy head of al-Shabaab turned up last August in a Mogadishu hotel to denounce the extremist armed group, government officials were...

Witnesses say a cargo plane has crashed at the international airport in Somalia’s capital. There was no immediate confirmation of any casualties. Photos posted from the scene show the plane’s cockpit crushed against a concrete barrier just steps from the sea. The Somalia Civil Aviation Authority...

Horndiplomat-The UK Minister of State Commonwealth and UN Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon in this week Speaking of UK's Parliament says his government deeply concerned the recent tensions between Somaliland and Puntland . Question by The Marquess of Lothian Asked on Foreign and Commonwealth Office To ask Her Majesty's Government...

Hargeisa -The Former President Of Somaliland H.E Dahir Rayale Kahin Has Called On The People Of Somaliland To Show Unity He Also Sent A Message Of Peace To The People Of El-Afwein Town To Stop The Fighting And Bury Their Hatchet. The Former President Was Speaking...