MOGADISHU, Somalia - A huge explosion was heard around the heavily fortified Mogadishu's Aden Adde International Airport vicinity on Monday morning, the latest in a series of assaults in the seaside capital. (more…)
Al-Shabaab’s former deputy leader defects to government – military
A former Somali insurgent leader, Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansur, has defected to the government, a military official said on Sunday, severing ties with Islamist group al Shabaab. (more…)
The Latest: Threat of ethnic violence looms in Nairobi slum
Witnesses in Kenya say machete-wielding members of two rival ethnic groups are confronting each other in a Nairobi slum following days of election violence. (more…)
Former Somali insurgent leader defects to government
Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansur has been in hiding from al-Shabaab since 2013 (more…)
Somali refugee arrested over pirate attack on Italian oil tanker in 2011
Italian police have arrested a 24-year-old Somali asylum seeker on charges of being one of a gang of jihadist pirates who seized an Italian oil tanker in the Persian Gulf in 2011. (more…)
Somalia: Al Shabaab publicly executes two men accused of spying
The Al Qaida-linked Al Shabaab group has publicly executed two men accused of spying for the Intelligence of southern semi-autonomous state of Jubbaland on Saturday, Garowe Online reports. (more…)
Kenyan elections ‘largely peaceful’ – Observer missions
East African Community Observer Mission in Kenya has said the electronic system used by the election commission was not hacked. The observers were addressing journalists on Thursday morning as Nairobi woke up to a slow start. (more…)
Terror as cruise ship fears Somali pirate attack
Tourists were left scared as a luxury cruise ship was reportedly forced to turn off lights and ban partying amid fears of a Somali pirate attack. (more…)
Up to 50 Somali, Ethiopian migrants deliberately drowned by smugglers off Yemen
A human smuggler, in charge of a boat, forced more than 120 Somali and Ethiopian migrants into the pitching sea on Wednesday as they approached the coast of Shabwa, a Yemeni governorate along the Arabian Sea, the International Organization of Migration (IOM) said. (more…)
Poland Rejects Migrants from Middle East, North Africa
Minister: Poland is open for migration... we issued 1,267,000 visas for Ukrainians. We are also open for migration, not only from Ukraine, but also from Belarus. (more…)