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By:Laetitia Bader Researcher, Africa DivisionLaetitiaBader Journalists Live in Fear While Government Promises to Investigate Ring Hollow Tuesday was yet another bittersweet day for journalists in Somalia. The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) released Abdi Adan Guled, the editor of  Xog-Ogaal, one of the country’s oldest newspapers....

Wearing a Barcelona shirt in Saudi Arabia now risks a €135,000 fine and up to 15 years in prison. The change in law follows the cutting of diplomatic relations and borders with Qatar, who the Saudi Kingdom this week accused of supporting ISIS. Saudi Arabia have...

University of Nairobi has been closed indefinitely by the institution's Senate due to security concerns. Students have been given until 9am to leave the institution. Director of Corporate Affairs John Orindi said the decision had been arrived at due to security fears.

Press release by Taiwan Representative Office Taiwan Representative Office in the Republic of Somaliland coordinates with Somaliland’s Ministry of Health Development, Taiwan ICDF, and Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital launches the first maternal booklet in Somaliland...

BAMAKO Gambian president-elect Adama Barrow was due to meet world leaders Saturday at a summit jointly hosted by France in Mali as the international community strives for an end to The Gambia's political crisis. Barrow flew to Bamako unexpectedly after holding crisis talks in Banjul with...

BY: Russia Today Evgeny Prigozhin agreed to halt his march on Moscow and avert “a bloodbath," the Belarusian president said Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced on Saturday that he had arranged a deal...

Hargeisa, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- Somalia's Somaliland region, which has been seeking independence, said Sunday it is not party to the ongoing elections in Somalia. Somaliland Information Minister Osman Abdullahi Sahardid told reporters in the region's capital Hargeisa that Somaliland was keen on pursuing its...

OFF THE COAST OF LIBYA -- Italian naval ships and vessels from non-government groups rescued thousands of migrants off the Libyan coast on Monday, the latest surge in desperate attempts to flee to Europe driven by war, poverty, and human traffickers. The dramatic operation took...

Horndiplomat-Turkey's president has declared a state of emergency for three months following Friday night's failed army coup. Speaking at the presidential palace in Ankara, Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed that "all the viruses within the armed forces will be cleansed". The declaration could be used to extend...

Eight Iranian sailors have been freed from captivity of pirates in Somalia, an Iranian lawmaker has announced, as efforts continue for the release of the remaining captives. Ali Yar Mohammadi, an Iranian MP said Monday that the eight sailors were freed as a result of...