Traffic mess in Nairobi next week

Nairobi is expected to face major traffic snarl-ups from 6.00pm on Saturday June 24 to 25 following closure of some roads to allow for the offloading of transformers and cable wire among other apparatuses that will be used to upgrade Cathedral Kenya Power Station along Uhuru highway. (more…)

Somali street kids recruited to Al-Shabaab

From SAAD MUSE in Mogadishu, SomaliaMOGADISHU, (CAJ News) – VULNERABLE Somali street children are falling prey to terrorist groups who forcibly recruit them entice them into their ranks using money. (more…)

Drought in Somalia

Over the last 2 years photographer Nichole Sobecki and journalist Laura Heaton have documented the devastating impact of climate change on one of the most unstable places in the world, Somalia. (more…)

Djibouti accuses Eritrea of occupying disputed area

Official says Eritrean soldiers occupied moved contested border territory, days after Qatar pulled its peacekeepers out.Djibouti's foreign minister has accused neighbouring Eritrea of occupying a disputed territory along their border shortly after Qatar peacekeepers left the location this week. (more…)

31 people killed in restraunt siege in Somalia

Somali soldiers reclaimed the blasted and bloody remains of a popular pizza joint early Thursday, ending a nightlong siege that left at least 31 people dead in the country's capital, according to local police. News reports quoted Capt. Mohamed Hussein as saying all five of the gunmen were killed. (more…)

Somalia migration is a great cause for concern – UN

The UN Migration Agency (IOM) has indicated that it is deeply concerned by the situation of approximately 260 Somali and Ethiopian migrants and refugees, including many children, held captive by smugglers and/or criminal gangs in Libya.In a video posted on Facebook on 9 June, hundreds of emaciated and abused Somalis...

Police storm five Vic homes in terror raid

Counter-terror police have stormed five properties in Melbourne trying to find out who gave terrorist Yacqub Khayre the shotguns he used to kill a man and injure three police officers.They seized a fake gun, a laptop and bags of evidence, as well as arresting one man who was later released...

The Latest: Official: Qatar flights using Somali airspace

A Somali civil aviation official says at least 15 Qatar Airways flights have used Somalia's airspace since Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations moved to sever links with the Gulf nation. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Latest on the dispute between Qatar and its Gulf neighbors (all times...