2 September 2014 Last updated at 17:59 BST The US military has carried out air strikes in Somalia, reportedly targeting a convoy carrying the leader of militant group al-Shabab. It is not clear if Ahme...

Issa Timamy, who belongs to opposition UDF party, detained despite claim of responsibility by Somalia-based al-Shabab.

Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) - The 23rd African Union Summit opened in Malabo on Thursday amid growing concern over the continuing terrorist attacks in Kenya, Nigeria and Somalia. Politics

[Garowe Online]Mogadishu -Federal Government of Somalia's Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed has sacked Minister of Health Gen. Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud, appointing former official to the post, ...

DADAAB, Kenya ? At night he dreams of the sea. As a young man, Noor Hassan Shanglo spent years working on cargo ships that carried apples and oranges from South Africa to ports across Europe and the Mi...

New York, US (PANA) - Authorities in Somalia must immediately investigate the murder of a Somali journalist in Mogadishu on Saturday, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said. Society

Peter Clottey Kenyarsquo;s presidential spokesperson is questioning a demand by former prime minister and main opposition leader Raila Odinga for dialogue with President Uhuru Kenyattarsquo;s governmen...

Kenyan police have arrested an official from Somalia's militant Islamist group al-Shabab who is believed to be a former journalist, sources tell the BBC.

Adirahman Abbas, police chief of Bari province in Somalia's Puntland region, was killed in the suicide attack.

NAIROBI, Kenya ? Don't watch the World Cup at bars, restaurants or large parties, the Kenyan government warned its citizens on Friday. Instead, officials suggested, watch the tournament from the comfor...