Google Play apps and games store has started accepting payments in Kenya through popular mobile money platform M-Pesa, to boost downloads in a market where many people do not used credit cards. (more…)

A Somali police official says two Somali soldiers were killed in a confrontation with African Union peacekeepers from Uganda. (more…)

WASHINGTON — Somalia's Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire has ordered police and intelligence agents to immediately intensify security "a hundred percent" in the capital of Mogadishu after attacks by Al-Shabab killed nearly 40 people on Friday.

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HALIFAX – A former Somali child refugee’s request to temporarily halt his deportation proceedings has been rejected by the Federal Court. (more…)

MOGADISHU -- Somalia security forces on Friday foiled a terror attack at the presidential palace following twin explosions that rocked the capital city within an interval of about 15 minutes. (more…)

Rwanda maintained the third position in the fight against corruption in Africa and is ranked first in East Africa, according to Corruption Perception Index 2017 released by Transparency International on Thursday. (more…)

At least 27 are dead as two car bomb blasts claimed by al-Shabab reported near presidential palace in Somali capital. (more…)

MOGADISHU - Somali children suspected of links to the Islamist insurgency are being held in adult jails where they are vulnerable to abuse, and tried in military courts, Somali families said, backing up allegations in a human rights report. (more…)

MOGADISHU - Somali children suspected of links to the Islamist insurgency are being held in adult jails where they are vulnerable to abuse, and tried in military courts, Somali families said, backing up allegations in a human rights report. (more…)

Defectors reveal crippling extortion by Islamist terror group and ‘brainwashing’ of boys, as it suffers apparent crisis of morale. (more…)