Africa

By JACK HEALY GARDEN CITY, Kan. — The newest pioneers in western Kansas arrive from Somalia and Myanmar, Mexico and Sudan: thousands of immigrants and refugees chasing work in the cattle yards and packing plants where pay starts at $16 an hour and little English...

Kenya has announced measures to tighten security in the northeastern region, which borders Somalia, after two deadly attacks claimed by Al-Shabaab militants. Militants used grenades and improvised explosive devices in an attack on a guesthouse in the northeastern border town of Mandera early Tuesday, killing...

CAIRO, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Egypt condemned with "strongest terms" the recent deadly terrorist attacks on a police academy in Pakistan, a hotel in Kenya and African Union (AU) peacekeepers in Somalia, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry strongly condemned the attack...

By ABDILATIF ADAN Elections are always intense, starting from the campaign period to the balloting day, and so is Somalia’s indirect electoral process. The campaigns for various positions are underway in the capital Mogadishu and the various regional capitals. On the streets of Kismayo and...

Somalia, has became “The new Syria in the Horn of Africa” where organised religious warlords and clan politicians created enclaves that they control to the detriment of Somali Republic. As presidential candidate in 2016, I want to re-unite our country and its people based on...

Gambia has announced its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, accusing the Hague-based tribunal of the "persecution and humiliation of people of colour, especially Africans". The announcement late Tuesday comes after similar decisions this month by South Africa and Burundi to abandon the troubled institution,...

By Ludovica Iaccino Ethiopia has blamed a perceived lack of support from the international community for the withdrawal of troops from parts of Somalia. Earlier this month, Ethiopian soldiers abandoned areas of south-western Somalia, including the strategic town of Tiyeglow, where they were helping in...

Pro-Islamic State militants have seized their first big town in the Puntland region of Somalia, officials and residents told VOA. The militants moved into the Red Sea town of Qandala, 90 miles east of Bosaso, in the early hours of Wednesday without any confrontations. Officials from...

Ethiopia’s government says it’s disappointed by a United States travel warning. The State Department has urged American citizens to stay away from Ethiopia, citing recent unrest. However, the government in Addis Ababa is adamant the country is safe. CCTV’s Girum Chala has more.

By:Jean-Jacques Cornish The United States is being increasingly drawn into a clandestine war in Somalia. It is a battle that will embroil the next occupant of the White House, whomever he or she may be. The US was at pains to stay out of Somalia following the...