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In Reversal, Afghan Girls Get US Visas To Attend Robotics Competition
A team of Afghan girls who had been denied visas to attend a Washington robotics competition are now allowed to come,...
China Ships Troops To Its First Overseas Base In Africa
China has deployed troops to its first overseas naval base in Djibouti, a major step forward for the country's...
Accidental Internet Cut-Off Hits Somalia Hard
Last month, a baby was born in the Somali capital Mogadishu with a terrible eye defect that requires treatment abroad....
Somalia Internet Outage Is ‘major Disaster’
Somalia’s government says an ongoing internet outage is costing the country $10m (£7.7m) each day. The outage...
Nine Kenyans Beheaded By Somali Al-Shabaab Terrorists
Al-Shabaab extremists from neighbouring Somalia beheaded nine civilians in an attack on a village in Kenya, officials...
G20 Launches Plan To Fight Poverty In Africa
G20 nations launched an unprecedented initiative Saturday at the group's summit in Germany to fight poverty in Africa,...
At Least 9 Dead In Latest Attack On Kenya Coast
At least nine people were shot and hacked to death in Kenya's coastal Lamu County early Saturday, in the latest attack...
US Lifts Visa Restrictions On Gambian Robotics Students
Gambian students who were twice denied visas to travel to the US for a robotics competition are celebrating after...
US Conducts Air Strikes On Shabaab Militants In Somalia
The US military conducted an airstrike against a group of Shabaab militants in Somalia early Wednesday, officials said,...
AU Chair Questions US Stance On African Peacekeeping
The African Union's new chair Moussa Faki Mahamat on Wednesday questioned US commitment to fighting terrorism on the...
‘Al-Shabab’ Battle Kenya Security Forces
Suspected gunmen from the militant Islamist group al-Shabab have attacked a police post in Kenya’s coastal town of...
‘Al Shabab’ Militants In Dawn Battle With Kenyan Forces
Suspected gunmen from the militant Islamist group al-Shabab have attacked a police post in Kenya’s coastal town of...
AU Chief ‘frustrated’ By African Inaction On Famine
African Union head Moussa Faki Mahamat on Monday criticised member states for a lack of solidarity shown to nations on...
Trump Travel Ban Comes Into Effect For Six Countries
People from six mainly Muslim countries and all refugees now face tougher US entry due to President Donald Trump’s...
War Vets, Inner City Youth Join To Trap Florida Pythons
US war veteran Chad Brown suffers from PTSD after serving in Iraq and Somalia, has been homeless and classified as...
American Muslims Decry Trump Travel Ban
American Muslim leaders Friday decried Donald Trump's rhetoric towards their community and predicted the president's...
Trump Travel Ban Comes Into Effect For Six Countries
People from six mainly Muslim countries and all refugees now face tougher US entry due to President Donald Trump’s...
US Travel Ban ‘truly Shameful’
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday that the new US ban on travellers from six mainly Muslim...
Trump Travel Ban Comes Into Effect
People from six mainly Muslim countries and all refugees now face tougher US entry due to President Donald Trump’s...