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The wife of 92-year-old Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said Friday that he would be the voters' choice even after he dies, as she addressed supporters from the ruling ZANU-PF party. Grace Mugabe, who is seen as a possible successor to her ailing husband, ratcheted up...

World leaders and supporters celebrate president's inauguration, marking end to tense standoff with predecessor Jammeh. Adama Barrow has been sworn in as president on Gambian soil, marking the end of a tense political standoff with the West African nation's former leader. Dressed in flowing white robes...

A small African government that was affected by the Trump administration's original travel ban has hired a lobbying and public affairs firm in Washington. Glover Park Group is working for the self-proclaimed Republic of Somaliland, a breakaway region that declared its independence from Somalia in...

He arrived in Canada as a teenage refugee from Somalia. With ‘preternatural calm,’ Ahmed Hussen is now Canada’s immigration minister. It was the second week of the Trump administration, and the second consecutive Sunday the Prime Minister’s staff spent grinding it out in the office. President Donald...

At an extraordinary press conference, the US president said new order will 'comprehensively protect our country'. US President Donald Trump said he will issue a new executive order to replace his controversial directive suspending travel to the United States by citizens of seven mainly-Muslim countries. At...

The Somali-American model walked in Kanye West's Yeezy Season 5 show in a hijab and a floor-length fur coat. Halima Aden, 19, wowed social media users after images were released of the beauty walking in Kanye West's highly anticipated Yeezy Season 5 show. Here's what to know...

Organization (FAO) recently declared that millions of citizens in the Horn of Africa face food shortages. Owing to a persistent lack of rainfall between October and December, as many as 12 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are in dire need of food...

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...

  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's embattled national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned late Monday night, following reports that he had misled Vice President Mike Pence and other officials about his contacts with Russia. His departure upends Trump's senior team after less than one...

Is Washington's 'disappointment' with UN's nominee for Libya envoy a sign of a growing rift between the two sides? Relations between the United States and the United Nations have sometimes been rocky. Various US governments have threatened to cut its funding or even have it moved...