Burundi reaches agreement with AU over troops in Somalia
Burundi and the African Union reached an agreement on Thursday on payment of Burundian soldiers troops deployed in Somalia as part of the AU mission […]
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A former Somali Refugee Appointed Minister of Immigration in Canada
Somali-born Ahmed Hussen, a lawyer and community activist has been appointed as the new Canadian Minister for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. His appointment was announced […]
Somalia: 283 Members of Parliament Sworn in
Forty one MPs elected to senatorial seats in the Upper House and the 242 deputies of the Lower House have taken their oaths of office […]
Somalia: Presidential elections postponed for the third time
Presidential elections scheduled for Wednesday November 30 in Somalia, have been postponed to a later unspecified date, local media reports on Monday. This is the […]
Kenya cuts 2017 growth outlook
Kenya has cut its 2017 growth outlook on Wednesday due to slowing credit growth, Geoffrey Mwau, the director general of fiscal and economic affairs, told […]
Ethiopians Have Turned their Back, Al-Shabab Delighted
Al-Shabab Governor in central Somalia, Hassan Yaqoub on Monday said withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Somalia bases is linked to the domestic crisis in the […]
Somalia, Nigeria, S. Sudan Top CPJ’s 2016 Global Impunity Index
The 2016 Global Impunity Index released on Thursday by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) indicated that murder cases of 24 journalists in Somalia, five […]
Ethiopia: Stampede Kills Dozens as Police Fires Teargas
Several people have been reportedly killed and many injured this weekend during a stampede as police dispersed a crowd at an annual cultural festival of […]
Somalia Welcomes First US Ambassador in Two Decades
Somalia welcomed Stephen Schwartz as new US ambassador to the country, making the senior Foreign Service officer, the first US diplomat to the war-torn country […]
Health: Nigeria Celebrates Being Polio-Free
Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria, has celebrated this weekend being polio-free for two years. The West African nation’s president, Muhammadu Buhari has commended his country […]