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  Kenyan troops in Somalia killed 31 Islamist al Shabaab militants in a raid on two of their bases in the southern Somali region of Jubbaland, the Kenyan military said on Monday. The East African nation has thousands of its forces in the African Union Mission...

An apparent Saudi-led coalition attack on a boat carrying Somali civilians off the coast of Yemen highlights the need for accountability on the second anniversary of the Yemeni armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said today.Several witnesses reported that on March 16, 2017, a helicopter...

Dubai International Airport and its flag carrier Emirates began implementing a ban on laptops and tablets on direct flights to the US Saturday, on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. Around 1.1 million people are expected to pass through the world's busiest...

Daniel Arapmoi Press TV, Kampala The African Union is grappling with lack of funds to maintain thousands of its troops deployed in Somalia. The problem is mainly blamed on a200 million cut in annual stipend by the European Union. Press TV’s Daniel Arapmoi has filed this report...

President Yoweri Museveni and his counterpart, the newly elected Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, today held a bilateral meeting during which they discussed the security situation in the Horn of Africa and development in Somalia. “I congratulate you on two counts; One, your recent victory...

by Adan Iman Currently the eastern part of Somaliland, a large swath of territory, which includes the regions of Togdheer, Sool and Sanag is being ravaged by a debilitating famine, the like of which has not been seen in memory. The western part of the...

President Uhuru Kenyatta today made an appeal to the international community to act right to fully bring back Somalia into the fold of the international community of nations as he rooted for durable solutions to the Somali refugees problem. President Kenyatta said the recent presidential...

A recent study commissioned by the Network for Education Watch Indonesia (JPPI) reveals the index of education services in Indonesia in 2016 ranks lower than the Philippines and Ethiopia. The Right to Education Index (RTEI) research shows that from indicators measured in the survey, which...

By Isaack Omulo KAMPALA (Reuters) - Kenya and their east African middle and long-distance running rivals, Ethiopia, will come face-to-face again at the 42nd World Cross Country Championships in the Ugandan capital Kampala on Sunday. The two countries who have dominated the global event more than...

New carrier Djibouti Shipping Lines (DSL) plans to launch a container shuttle service in April connecting Djibouti to Berbera (Somaliland), according to Alphaliner. The new service will act as a feeder for cargoes destined to or originating from Berbera, which are transhipped to and from...