Africa

Al Shabaab militants in Somalia publicly beheaded four men accused of spying for the country's Western-backed government, the United States and neighboring Kenya, residents in the south of the Horn of Africa country said. The al Qaeda-linked group confirmed the executions, which took place on...

By ANDREW MBUVA. @andrewsmbuva Two families from Machakos county who lost their relatives in the Kulbiyow attack on January 27 have urged the government to withdraw KDF soldiers from Somalia. Slain soldier Moses Mukie, 52, was buried in Kyaani village, Mwala subcounty, on Saturday. He had...

GEOFFREY YORK JOHANNESBURG — The Globe and Mail With their escape route to the United States endangered by the orders of President Donald Trump, the people of Somalia now face a new threat: a looming famine that could bring starvation to millions. Just six years after a famine killed...

BY:JOSHUA HAMMER In 2000 Andrew Harding became sub-Saharan Africa correspondent for the BBC, based in Nairobi. Soon he was making regular trips to one of the most perilous corners of the continent: Somalia. Wracked by war, famine and clan-based strife since the early 1990s, the...

KAMPALA- Foreign Affairs minister Sam Kutesa, revealed on Friday that government is pushing for a revision of funding for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) by the international community. Mr Kutesa, addressing journalists at the Media Centre about resolutions of the just concluded 28th...

Somali terror group Al-Shabaab has denied claims that it stole a biometric voter registration (BVR) kit during Thursday’s attack on a police camp in Mandera County. In a statement through its radio and on its website Sunday, the terrorists termed Kenya’s claims as propaganda. “The Mujahideen...

Vincent Aboubakar came off the bench to score a stunning winner with two minutes left as Cameroon fought back from behind to beat Egypt 2-1 in a thrilling Africa Cup of Nations final on Sunday. Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneny had given Egypt the lead midway...

By M.A. Egge Ethiopian Premier Haile Mariam Desalegn has reiterated that his country’s strong bilateral relations with Somaliland was quite essential and here to stay because of the mutual bilateral interests entailed and cherished between the two countries which is based on neighbourliness . The premier...

By:Presidential Candidate Ali Haji Warsame Somalia will elect a new President on February 8 as the country strives to overcome its history of decades-old conflict. About 24 candidates have been cleared to run for the top post and their fate will be decided by 329...

By KWAMCHETSI MAKOKHA More by this Author Kulbiyoh, the military camp in Somalia where al-Shabaab terrorists attempted to storm Kenya Defence Forces last week, is a distant and fading memory, just like el-Ade before it. The terrorists came on a suicide vehicle bearing improvised explosive devices, and...