News

Kenya will not meet its deadline to close a sprawling Somali refugee camp by the end of November because Somalia could not yet guarantee basic social services for returning refugees, an Interior Ministry spokesman said on Monday. "On the question of deadline, definitely we will...

By Ginger Gibson and Susan Cornwell | WASHINGTON U.S. President-elect Donald Trump recently announced the first major appointments to his administration but still has many positions to fill ahead of his inauguration on Jan. 20. Trump announced on Sunday he will hire Republican National Committee Chairman...

By:Sarah Jacobs, Business Insider No matter what side you're on, in the aftermath of this week's election results, you could probably go for a drink (or two) right about now. No one knows more about political drinking than author Mark Will-Weber, whose book "Mint Juleps with...

Horndiplomat-Rumours:John Bolton to be named Secretary of State. https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/798249519628558336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw About John Bolton John Robert Bolton (born November 20, 1948) is an American lawyer and diplomat who has served in several Republicanadministrations. Bolton served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from August 2005 until December 2006...

The top UN envoy in Somalia has called on Somalia's two warring regional states to stick to a ceasefire agreement to help end fighting which has claimed 45 lives in the past six weeks. Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) in Somalia, Michael Keating...

By Zelalem Girma Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao is expected to pay an official visit to Ethiopia beginning next Thursday, November 17, 2016. In an exclusive interview with The Ethiopian Herald, Chinese Ambassador La Yifan said that the Vice President would hold bilateral talks with Deputy...

Wajir - Swaddled in colourful hijabs the women exchange puzzled looks and suppress embarrassed giggles. "You're sure it's halal?" asks one, peering at a collection of birth control pills, condoms and IUDs. Such everyday forms of contraception are little known and rarely seen in Kenya's...

KENYA has chartered a private plane for Deputy President William Ruto’s pan-African campaign for Foreign Affairs CS Amina Mohamed in a move reminiscent of the Sh100 million “Hustler Jet” scandal of 2013. Kenya has launched a massive diplomatic offensive to have Mohamed replace South Africa’s...

US president-elect, in his first interview since victory, says he plans to deport or jail undocumented foreigners. US president-elect Donald Trump said he planned to immediately deport or jail as many as three million undocumented immigrants, as he set out his priorities in the first...

Somalia National Army (SNA) backed by AU forces recaptured El-Garas village in Bakool region of southwest Somalia on Sunday without resistance from the militant group of Al-Shabaab, officials said. Information Minister for Southwest State in Somalia, Ugas Hassan told Xinhua by phone that the operations...