Africa

Claim and counter-claim emerged on Wednesday after at least 22 soldiers were killed and 15 other people wounded in an alleged U.S. airstrike which hit a Somali army base. Reports from the region said the incident took place early Wednesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) east...

Meru Governor Peter Munya has hit back at State House spokesman Manoah Esipisu for saying governors do not have sovereign powers. Munya said on Monday that Esipisu’s understanding of foreign affairs is “suspect” and suggested he should take “refresher courses”. “Is he a functionary in the...

Hayat was born in Mogadishu (Somalia) in 1989, but had to flee the country before she was even two years old to avoid the armed conflict that is still going on today. More than 20 years later, Hayat prepares herself to travel to a northern...

By Abdi Latif Dahir For a trip to the Puntland region in northeastern Somalia, Christian Matzenauer didn’t know what to expect. After traveling from Dusseldorf, Germany to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia he flew to the Somali city of Bosaso in January, drove along the coast...

A new delay in Somalia’s elections is a matter of “immediate concern,” raising fears that the process is being politically manipulated and that the latest postponement may only be one of yet further rolling delays, the top United Nations official in the long-troubled East...

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has claimed that African countries are prepared to pull out of the United Nations after several attempts by the African Union to become permanent member of the United Nations Security Council have been unsuccessful. This comes as the continent intensifies its...

International Republican Institute (IRI) Job Title: Local Program Officer, Hargeisa Job Type: Full-Time Location: Hargeisa - Somaliland Category: Other Description: Local Program Officer, Hargeisa JOB ANNOUNCEMENT POSITION TITLE: Local Program Officer LOCATION: Hargeisa, Somaliland TYPE OF APPOINTMENT: Fixed term, six (6) months with possibility of extension ESTIMATED START DATE: As soon as possible CLOSING DATE: October...

BY:GEOFF HILL Somaliland is, famously, the country that doesn’t exist. But the territory’s ambitious new port project may force major powers to rethink this status as Somaliland sells peace and stability in a region short on both. By GEOFF HILL. On a rough street, it’s a...

The competitors for the White House have faced off in what could have been the most-watched presidential debate in US history. A record 100 million people were expected to watch the first debate between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton, televised from in New...

has been displaying bodies they claim are of Kenyan police officers at their headquarters in the southern Somalia town of Jilib. The militants had claimed to have killed six Kenyan police officers after they attacked Hamey police post in Garissa county on Thursday, September 22. The...