Al-Shabaab extremists from neighbouring Somalia beheaded nine civilians in an attack on a village in Kenya, officials said, adding to growing concerns that the Islamist militant group has taken up a new strategy. (more…)

SAN DIEGO — Ali Said fled his war-torn Somalia two decades ago after his right leg was blown off by a grenade. Last year, the father of seven was shot in his other leg by robbers while living in a Kenyan refugee camp. (more…)

The African Union mission in Somalia (AMISOM) confirmed Friday that two Somalia National Army (SNA) soldiers were killed and another injured in a road accident involving an AU armored vehicle on Thursday. In a statement issued in Mogadishu, the AU mission regretted the incident that took place between Elashabiyaha and...

Qatari Foreign Minister speaks to Christiane Amanpour about the Arab Quartet demands and says that shutting down Al Jazeera would be, "out of [the] question." Source: CNN[iframe width="516" height="234" src="//fave.api.cnn.io/v1/fav/?video=world/2017/07/05/intv-amanpour-sheikh-mohammed-bin-abdulrahman-al-thani.cnn&customer=cnn&edition=international&env=prod" frameborder="0" ]

Qatari Foreign Minister speaks to Christiane Amanpour about the Arab Quartet demands and says that shutting down Al Jazeera would be, "out of [the] question."Source: CNN   [iframe width="416" height="234" src="//fave.api.cnn.io/v1/fav/?video=world/2017/07/05/intv-amanpour-sheikh-mohammed-bin-abdulrahman-al-thani.cnn&customer=cnn&edition=international&env=prod" frameborder="0" ]

MOMBASA, Kenya: Somali al Shabaab militants killed three police officers on Wednesday during a raid on a northeastern Kenyan town that sparked a day-long gunbattle, a senior police official said. (more…)

It is now time to separate hedonism from eudaimonism or rather, to be simplistic, “daily realities confronted by Africans”. (more…)

The U.S. conducted an airstrike operation against al-Shabaab, a terrorist group affiliated with al-Qaeda, in Somalia on Sunday morning, according to the U.S. military. (more…)

"Africa made its own problems. Quit having 10 kids. Famine is nature's way of saying there are too many people. Stop reproducing." (more…)

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A roadside bomb struck a minibus north of the Somali capital Mogadishu late on Saturday, killing two people and injuring six others, police said. (more…)