At least 12 people have been killed in an attack in Kenya carried out by Somalia-based militant Islamist group al-Shabab. Police in the Kenyan border town of Mandera said the attackers used...
A group of sailors who were held hostage by Somali pirates for nearly five years survived in part by eating rats, one survivor has told the BBC. Filipino sailor Arnel Balbero said they were also only...
More than 1,200 police and officials in France have begun an operation to clear the "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais. The camp has been housing some 7,000 people in squalid conditions. Migrants queued...
Saudi Arabia's King Salman has congratulated Somalia "on the anniversary of the country's national day", but on the wrong date. Bizarrely, it does not appear to be a slip-up. Since 2007, the monarchy...
26 Asian sailors freed after more than four years of captivity in a small fishing village in Somalia arrived in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Sunday, ahead of flights home, a maritime expert said....
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Fighters from the Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab group said Sunday they had retaken control of a town in central Somalia after hundreds of Ethiopian troops serving with the African Union's...
Despite the failure of the Middle East policy, the United States has not abandoned its strategy aimed at global domination to be reached with the help of military might. Libya, Somalia and Mali may...
Despite conflicts and instability in some parts, Africa’s fast growth and development, at least during the past decade, has attracted several external countries mainly from Asian region, European...
At least six people have been killed and several injured after a suicide attacker drove a bomb-laden car into a police station just outside the Somali capital, residents have told the BBC. "Many...
Ethiopia's government has declared a six-month state of emergency in the face of an unprecedented wave of violent protests. Activists in the country's Oromia region has been holding demonstrations...
Despite Kenya making major strides in the war against terror, al Shabaab still remains the biggest threat to the nation, Chief of Defense Force General Samson Mwathathe has said. Mwathethe on Friday...
“Sadly, the compliance level of the oil and gas exploration and production companies in payment of levies and taxes is very low and in fact, pitiable,” contained in a letter Governor Henry...
The Gulf of Guinea has become the new hub for African piracy. An international summit in Lome, Togo is looking for answers. The raids off the West African coast invariably follow the same pattern. At...
Chad, Niger, Central African Republic, Mali and Somalia have been ranked at the top of an index of countries listing the hardest place to be a girl. The report, called Every Last Girl, ranks...
One girl under the age of 15 is married every seven seconds, according to a new report by Save the Children. The study says girls as young as 10 are forced to marry much older men in countries...
It began with blips on a radar screen, 12 miles off the Libyan coast. As the rescuers approached, they found overloaded wooden vessels and rafts that evoked scenes of the slave trade. Hundreds of...
Kenya's surprise decision to nominate the Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed for the job of African Union (AU) Commission chairperson will test the lobbying skills of the country's diplomats and its...
Militant Islamist group al-Shabab says it has killed six Christians in north-eastern Kenya in an attack aimed at forcing them out of the region. The grenade and gun attack was launched on a...
Suspected Islamist militants from the Somali group al Shabaab killed six people in an attack in northeast Kenya on Thursday, a regional governor said. The Mandera region on the Somali border has...
Former Ghana Coach Ralf Zumdick has backed the Black Stars to beat Uganda in the FIFA World Cup qualifier. Ghana host Uganda at the Tamale Sports Stadium in the first of six matches in the...
