Africa

by: Simeon Kerr in Dubai and John Aglionby in Nairobi DP World has won an arbitration case against the government of Djibouti, which claimed the Dubai ports operator made illegal payments to win a concession to operate a container terminal in the Red Sea African...

By:Jason Patinkin BURAO, SOMALILAND — Even the hyenas won't eat the carcasses of Mohamed Aden Guleid's sheep, goats and camels, which litter the landscape in Somalia's northwest Somaliland region. There is too little meat on their bones because of a devastating drought. “I had 550 of these livestock;...

When a car bomb ripped through a market in Mogadishu on Sunday, killing at least 30 people, China’s state broadcaster in Africa, quickly covered the story. But CGTN, the newly rebranded international version of CCTV, made one notable mistake. A map shown by CGTN...

As the Iran Press TV broadcasted, Somalia’s government is reportedly planning to file a legal case against the rulers of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for setting up a military base in the unrecognized breakaway republic of Somaliland. Somalia will fail any legal claims against...

HARGEISA – An East African news agency ran a news story earlier this week defaming Somaliland’s representative to the United Arab Emirates. Alleastafrica, a Nairobi-based gossip site that often propagates fake news, accused Bashe Awil Omar of conducting illegal business activities in Somaliland with a...

A US congressman is seeking to halt Kenya's pending $418 million weapons purchase from an American contractor. Nairobi aims to acquire ammunition, machine guns, rocket launchers, and guided bombs mounted on 12 Air Tractors converted agricultural aircraft intended to bolster the Kenya Defence Forces' campaign...

By ABDI GULED A commander of Somalia's Islamic extremist rebels said the group opposes the election of the new president and vowed to continue fighting the government, the first official comment from al-Shabab since the president's election earlier this month.  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A commander...

A truck bomb detonated at a busy intersection in Mogadishu’s Wadajir district ripped through Kawa-Godey market just after Dhuhr prayers killing at least 35 and injuring scores more, a local official said, days after the country elected a new president. Casualties were confirmed by Ahmed...

The Somalia Federal Government of Mogadishu voiced its vehement opposition to the recently approved UAE military base at Berbera in the Republic of Somaliland. Hassan Abdi Haile, an advisor to Villa Somalia, the Somalia government seat, on political affairs and the voice it uses to...

The wife of 92-year-old Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said Friday that he would be the voters' choice even after he dies, as she addressed supporters from the ruling ZANU-PF party. Grace Mugabe, who is seen as a possible successor to her ailing husband, ratcheted up...