Security officials display a modified AK-47 rifle belonging to a suspected Al-Shabaab militant who was killed in Wajir in a past incident. Police officers at the Kenya-Somalia border let in five Al-Shabaab suicide bombers in February this year after receiving bribes. (more…)
Court dismisses case against Somali terror suspects
The High court in Kampala has dismissed terrorism charges against six of eight Somali nationals due to lack of evidence. (more…)
Toll rises to fifty three dead from bomb blasts in Somalia’s capital
Somali hospital and police sources say the death toll from Friday's bombings outside a hotel in Mogadishu has risen to 53 with over 100 injured. (more…)
Minister for Africa condemns latest terrorist violence in Somalia
Minister Harriett Baldwin gave a statement on the 9 November 2018 terrorist attacks in Mogadishu. (more…)
Eleven boys die in Uganda boarding school fire
Eleven boys perished and another 20 suffered severe burns in a fire that gutted their dormitories in Uganda while they slept, police said Monday. (more…)
US airstrikes fail to weaken al-Shabaab’s grip on Somalia
Islamic extremist group is adapting to increasingly lethal air campaign, research shows (more…)
Ebola death toll in Congo passes two hundred
Ebola has claimed 201 lives in the Congo during the past two months. (more…)
Death toll from Mogadishu bombings jumps to over 40
The death toll from a string of car bombings near a popular hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu has jumped to at least 41, police said on Saturday. (more…)
Somali, Eritrean leaders in Ethiopia to cement regional ties
The presidents of Somalia and Eritrea met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday to cement regional economic ties as relations warm between the once-rival nations. (more…)
‘There’s a genocide taking place here against Somali Muslims’
Is there a campaign to remove Somali Muslims from eastern Ethiopia, by any means necessary? (more…)