Africa

Two teenage girls gang-raped by a group of six youths armed with knives in Galdogob district in central Somalia's Mudug region are being treated in Dhaga’ade hospital in Galkayo town. A video clip recorded by the men showing how it happened has gone viral on...

Egyptian authorities have added retired football star Mohamed Aboutrika, one of the country's all-time greatest athletes, to an official "terror list". Aboutrika, dubbed The Magician, is accused of funding the banned Muslim Brotherhood, which Egypt's government designated a "terrorist" organisation after the army removed democratically...

Gambia's new leader to be sworn in at Dakar embassy as incumbent refuses to go despite threat of military intervention. Gambia's President-elect Adama Barrow says he will be sworn in at the country's embassy in neighbouring Senegal, as regional forces massed at the border to...

In a few hours, longtime Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh's presidential term will expire. But he is clinging to power as troops from regional powers reportedly amass at the border. International and regional powers are demanding that Jammeh step down and make way for his rival,...

The Commissioner for Peace and Security for the African Union, Smail Chergui, Wednesday afternoon started a two-day visit in Burundi amidst the east African country's threat to withdraw its peacekeepers from Somalia. Upon landing at Bujumbura International Airport, the senior AU official was welcomed by...

Djibouti is finalising an agreement with Saudi Arabia to allow the Gulf state to build a military base in the Horn of Africa nation as Riyadh takes a more assertive approach to regional security. Djibouti, a Muslim nation that is strategically located on the Red...

 There has been an outpouring of condolences for renowned Somali scholar Hussein Mohamed Adan known affectionately as Hussein Tanzania who passed away on Jan 14th at his home in Boston. Dr. Hussein Tanzania authored several books and was most known for being the founder of...

Bujumbura - Burundi will withdraw its 5,400 troops serving as part of an African Union contingent in Somalia because the European Union has stopped paying their salaries, according to inter-governmental correspondence seen by dpa on Monday. The presidency instructed the Defence and Foreign Ministries to...

DAKAR The Gambia's president-elect Adama Barrow landed in neighbouring Senegal Sunday where he will remain until his planned inauguration this week, Senegalese sources said, following an agreement with west African leaders. The president-elect is due to take power on January 19 when President Yahya Jammeh's mandate...

A joint military operation of the Somali National Army and African Union forces AMISOM has felled at least four militants from the Somali-based militant group Al-Shabaab in the country's southwest region, a local administrator has said. Abshir Moalim Sharif, district deputy commissioner in Dinsoor district...