March 2016

President Paul Kagame and his Djiboutian counterpart Ismael Omar Guelleh yesterday pledged to do more to advance trade between the two countries as well as the integration of the larger…

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has called for cooperation between Somalis and authorities in order to defeat terrorism and other acts of crime which have cost several lives in the past…

A Australian warship on Friday rushed and intercepted vessel carrying a large weapons cache, including almost 2000 AK-47 assault rifles. HMAS Darwin’s boarding team intercepted the fishing vessel about 300 kilometres off the coast of…

Traditional elders from two warring clans in Somalia’s Galgaduud region signed a peace agreement in Galdon village on Sunday. Over thirty elders were selected from each clan to sign an agreement to…

Puntland marine forces seized 3  illegal fishing boats off the coast of Puntland State  after an operation carried out by the state coast guards. Deputy Commander of Puntland Maritime Police forces,…

Turkey’s Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) and the Saudi Arabia-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) are building 36 solar-powered water wells in Somalia costing over $6 million, the foundation’s vice chairman said…

Hassan al-Turabi, the Sudanese opposition leader who helped bring President Omar al-Bashir to power, has died at 84 in the capital Khartoum. A hospital source told AFP news agency he…

Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Saturday met senior security chiefs in Mogadishu following a series of terror attacks and killings in the last few weeks. The meeting which was held at General Kahiye Police Academy…

One of the robbers who have been terrorising motorists and pedestrians along the Taleeh Bypass was arrested after shoot-out, police said on Saturday. Police have defended the shootings, saying the robbers refused…