Ugandan peacekeepers from the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) disembark from a plane at Mogadishu's airport July 1, 2011, at the beginning of their mission in the lawless horn of African nation. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
The African Union troops, AMISOM in Somalia are mandated under UN Resolution (2297) to...
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Saudi Arabia has said the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) had agreed to host talks in Riyadh to end the Yemen crisis, according to the state news agency SPA.
The announcement by the Saudi king's office came on Monday, following a request from Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, but it was...
Iraqi forces have captured another district and some oil fields outside of Tikrit, but were met with fierce resistance as they tried to advance into the city controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), according to state television.
Iraqiya TV reported on Monday that government troops,...
Nigeria's military has repelled a new attack by militant Islamist group Boko Haram on the strategically important north-eastern city of Maiduguri, an army source has told the BBC.
Dozens of militants and soldiers were reportedly killed during a major assault on the city on Sunday.
The city is quiet on Monday,...
I, Dr. Said Mohamud, am an opposition leader of the Somali government and the president of the Somali People's Party. I condemn the actions of the Somali government for silencing Mogadishu's leading opposition media, Shabelle TV, Shabelle Radio, and Sky FM Radio. It is undemocratic to shut down these...
The Prime Minister of the Somali Federal Republic who recently returned from his trip to Addis Ababa, reported that he discussed with his Ethiopian counterpart on cooperating in peacekeeping Somalia.
Mr. Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed said that he reached an agreement with his Ethiopian counterpart that the Ethiopian soldiers will escort...
Kenyan authorities should immediately end ongoing harassment, arbitrary detentions, forced relocations to refugee camps, and summary deportations in a round-up operation that has affected both foreigners and Kenyan citizens, Human Rights Watch said today.
The government should also give the UN refugee agency full access to all detainees to identify...