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…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

Ethiopian forces are to be deployed to help retake a town in Somalia after insurgent group Al-Shabaab captured it on Friday. (more…)

Bloomington, Minnesota —  At 5:05 a.m. local time a bomb went off inside the head Imam’s office of the Dar al-Farooq Youth and Family Center just before the first morning prayer. (more…)

Mo Farah produced the greatest performance of his career to capture his 10th world championship gold medal – and send a packed crowd at the London Stadium into rapture. But he had to dig deeper than he has ever done before to hold off the brilliant young Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei and...

European countries must do more to help East African countries cope with millions of people displaced by drought if they are to prevent the refugee crisis becoming worse, a top United Nations official has said. (more…)

Residents in Leego, 120 kilometers from Mogadishu, said they saw militants enter and seize the town early Friday morning after Ugandan troops stationed there completed their withdrawal. (more…)

The pirates' lawyer had told the court that India and Somalia had signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the convicts to serve the rest of the sentence in their own country. (more…)