August 2016

Despite sustained offensive against Al-Shabaab in Somalia and counter-terrorism efforts by East African countries, the militant group Al-Shabaab is still a portent threat to the region, the regional body IGAD…

Somali government has said it has hired lawyers for its citizens under arrest in India suspected of involvement in piracy amid reports some have died in custody over poor conditions.…

The FBI has joined an investigation into the June attack on a group of Somali-American men on their way to Ramadan prayers, two of whom were wounded when a gunman…

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said initial evidence suggests the shooting of a black man by police in Milwaukee was justified. The killing of Sylville Smith in a…

A Ugandan military court sitting in Mogadishu has sentenced nine of its soldiers serving under the African Union sanctioned force, Amisom to jail terms after being found guilty of running…

South Sudan will consider a United Nations plan to send in troops and stop the country’s episode of violence, President Salva Kiir said on Monday, confirming a softer stance towards…

Cape Town – Angry residents of Asanda Village in Strand have vandalised and looted at least eight spaza shops owned by Somalis after a resident was shot dead, allegedly during…

Khat Business in Las’aanood town came to a standstill for hours Tuesday after women who sells Khat barricaded the busy main road protesting against high levies charged by the administration. The placard-waving,…

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Kenya’s David Rudisha obliterated his rivals in the 800 metres final on Monday to become the first man since 1964 to retain his Olympic title over…