Recently, an online survey asked me to name African women scientists I admired. I found myself struggling — even though I'm a Kenyan entomologist, researching sustainable ways to feed our expanding population amid a changing climate. I thought to myself, why are there so few of us? (more…)

Despite not being known for their snowy climes, a handful of African nations will be represented at the Winter Olympics, which starts Friday. (more…)

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, known as Farmajo, has told the BBC his government is on course to defeat al-Shabab militants, although many challenges remain. (more…)

Somalia has the longest coastline in mainland Africa, stretching more than 3,000 kilometers (1880 miles) across the Horn. (more…)

Somalian Ismail Rage, 22, graduated from Simad University in Mogadishu with a bachelor's degree in banking and finance. Rage, who is paralyzed after a bout with polio as a child, became a media sensation in Somalia, where people with disabilities are often excluded from mainstream society. (more…)

Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu has asked security agencies to end the invasion by Somali pastoralists into resident's farms in Mutha ward, Kitui South sub-county. (more…)

Lawyers representing 92 Somalis who sued the U.S. government for a botched deportation flight say they lack privacy when speaking to their clients in a Florida detention center. (more…)

BERLIN: The German military will stop participating in a European Union training mission in Somalia at the end of March, a Foreign Ministry official said on Thursday, expressing frustration at the pace of progress. (more…)

More than a year after United Nations peacekeepers were condemned by their own auditors for heedlessly dumping sewage,  untreated waste water, garbage, medical waste and other dangerous materials in a wide array of war-torn countries, the same horrific health practices have surfaced again, in battered Somalia. (more…)