Africa

Fifty-two people were killed and many more injured in Ethiopia's Oromia region during a protest at a religious festival, the government says. Some died in a stampede after police employed tear gas, rubber bullets and baton charges, witnesses said. Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said rioters had...

POSITION TITLE| :Women’s rights legal expert attachment to parliament waapo Job Description ActionAid-jobs-in-kenya1-2 Terms of Reference Women’s rights legal expert attachment to parliament Summary ActionAid International Somaliland (AAIS) and Women Action for Advocacy & Progress Organization (WAAPO) are seeking a consultant to act as a Women’s Rights legal expert to be...

HELSINKI (AP) — Running to become president of a country always comes with challenges — but facing death threats from militants and fearing you may never see your four children again are not the usual hurdles. Despite those enormous obstacles, Fadumo Dayib, 44, plans to...

Kenya on Saturday has extended indefinitely the amnesty period offered to youths who are considered to have been lured and radicalized to join the Somalia-based al-Shabaab militant group after being promised financial support. Coast regional coordinator Nelson Marwa on Saturday said that government will continue...

Somalia’s intelligence chief fired 1,500 intelligence officers including the Mogadishu chief in a new major shakeup of the country’s spy agency which is struggling to contain a deadly insurgency by al-Shabab militants, sources told Alleastafrica Saturday. Gen. Abdullahi Gafow told the officers to abandon their...

BY DOROTHY OTIENO An overwhelming majority of the people killed in the 20 months were young men and boys More than 122 people were shot and killed by police in Kenya over the first eight months of 2016, representing a seven per cent increase over the...

Police in Ethiopia's Oromiya region fired teargas and warning shots on Sunday to disperse anti-government protesters at a religious festival, triggering a stampede that caused several casualties, witnesses said. Sporadic protests have erupted in Oromiya in the last two years, initially sparked by a land...

KO OLINA, HAWAII — The U.S. military will investigate conflicting reports on Wednesday’s deadly U.S. airstrike in Somalia, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said. “In this instance as in all instances, when questions are raised about the actions of U.S. airstrikes, we pursue them,”...

Turkey has completed equipping its first military base in Africa in the capital of Somalia, Mogadishu. The base will host Turkish military officers to train Somali soldiers and troops in their fight against the Al-Shabaab terrorist organization. It will become operational shortly. The base, which...

  A Kenyan court on Friday sentenced a man to a total of 80 years in prison after convicting him of being a member of the Somalia-based al-Shabaab militant group. Abdirazak Muktar, 24, a car-hire business owner, was found in possession of terrorism-related materials which included...