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Guest host Esther Githui-Ewart explores U.S. President Obama's legacy in Africa with Ambassador Robin Renee Sanders, C.E.O. of FEEDS, Ngozi Bell, Advocate for U.S. Small Business Administration and Kwaku Nuamah who is a political analyst and professor at American University. SOURCE:VOA

By:Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban Ethiopia has disclosed that it will back the candidature of Kenya’s foreign affairs chief in the race to elect the new chairperson of the African Union (AU). Kenya’s topmost diplomat Ambassador Dr. Amina C. Mohamed is one of five candidates hoping to...

The car-and-knife attack at Ohio State University by an immigrant student places a fresh spotlight on the large Somali community in the US, which has seen a number of youth enlist in jihadist causes. Investigations are ongoing into Monday's attack, in which Somali student Abdul...

For anyone who might like to see Michelle Obama run for president as a Democrat, it's time to rein in that early enthusiasm. Or so says her husband, President Barack Obama. "Michelle will never run for office," the president said in an interview with Rolling...

Al-Shabaab terrorists are regrouping in Jedahaley, Somalia, and plan to attack the country, police have warned. Inspector-General of Police Joseph Boinnet has also revealed that some of the attackers were hiding in small groups pretending to be herders around Hida and Dambala in Somalia while...

President Barack Obama has expanded the power of the elite Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) to track, plan, and potentially kill terrorists across the globe in places beyond the traditional war zones of Iraq, Syria, and Libya, The Washington Post (WaPo) has learned. The move...

A plane carrying 81 people, including a top Brazilian football team, has crashed on its approach to the city of Medellin in Colombia. Police say five people survived the crash but the rest of those on board died. The chartered aircraft, flying from Brazil via Bolivia,...

From bustling cafés to ancient cave paintings and pristine beaches, the quasi-country presents an abundance of unexpected attractions. by Paul Schemm FREE WIND 2014 / SHUTTERSTOCK Hargeisa, the capital of the breakaway region of Somaliland, is most visitors’ first port of call to this unusual quasi-country on...

At least six mosques in the US states of California and Georgia have received letters attacking Muslims. Included in the hate mail is a prediction that President-elect Donald Trump will ethnically cleanse Muslims from the US. SOURCE:ALJAZEERA

Earlier today, my day off from lecturing – and my one month anniversary in Somaliland – I took the bus to the other side of town (from Cabaaye to Jigjigayar for those familiar with Hargeisa) to my favorite weekend spot – Safari Hotel –...