Africa

By Alex Zietlow - The Washington Times - Sunday, July 16, 2017 Though scarred by memories of election-related violence a decade ago, Kenya’s voters would rather have a fair and credible result in next month’s hotly contested presidential election than an inconclusive but peaceful vote. Analysts...

Abdur Rahman Alfa ShabanKENYA-Three African countries made the top 10 on the medals table of the 18th International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) youth championship in Kenya. South Africa, hosts Kenya and neighbouring Ethiopia made the continent proud. South Africa topped the medals table with...

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A severed marine cable has left Somalia without internet for weeks, triggering losses for businesses, residents said, and adding a layer of chaos in a country where Islamist insurgents are carrying out a campaign of bombings and killings. Abdi Anshuur, Somalia's minister...

by:Ismail Akwei  SOMALIA-After Islamist group al Shabaab’s ban on the Somali Shilling in the central and southern regions under its control over alleged influx of fake notes, some traders are reported to have resorted to the use of Ethiopian Birr. According to a report by Somalia’s...

Mogadishu-The internet has been down in Somalia since June 24, when an anchor from a Swiss-owned ship, MSC Alice, cut the single fibre cable that links Somalia to the rest of the world. The fallout has been immense, with the government declaring that the country...

Seven producers and performers of a popular YouTube music video were charged in Ethiopia in late June with terrorism for producing ‘inciting’ audio-visual materials and ‘uploading them on YouTube’. The group members were arrested in December 2016 and were held in detention without charges until last month. Among those facing...

Edna Adan went from the first Somali female to drive a car to a fearless FGM activist. Brought to you by: ICS Dr. Edna Adan, 79, was the first Somali-trained midwife in the UK, the first Somali woman to drive a car, and the first ‘First...

“Currently, campaigning for some named Islam whether cosmopolitan/American is a waste of time and dangerous…” Last night (Thursday 13/07/17, Friday 20/10/1438H) this lecture was given in Mansoor Hotel: a work over fifteen years transmitted to over fifty countries worldwide. The diagnosis was Islam is in decline, Muslims are...

With more than a third of Somalia's population now facing starvation, new statistics show that in addition to hunger, many women in Somalia are at risk for being raped. The reported cases of rape and sexual violence in drought-affected areas are on the rise, in...

When Ramla Tyrow walked on to the stage to collect her diploma, she shared that joy with one of the most important people in her life - her mum. Ramla, 21, came to the UK in 1999 with her family to seek a better life...