Human Rights
Kenya banned FGM in 2011, but Europeans still bring their daughters to underground clinics there to be cut.
by Abdullahi Mire
Coronavirus pandemic
by Hamza Mohamed
Somalia
Kenya
Opinion
by Rashid Abdallah
Al-Shabab26 Feb 2020 08:07 GMT
US Africa Command denies any Somali civilians killed and says key al-Shabab planner and his wife died in an attack.
Somalia19 Feb 2020 12:33 GMT
At least 12 soldiers killed after al-Qaeda-linked group deploys a suicide bomber in a vehicle and dozens of fighters.
AJ Impact06 Feb 2020 23:38 GMT
FGM severely hampers career prospects and economic opportunities for 200 million women and girls.
Somalia02 Feb 2020 12:28 GMT
Ministry of Agriculture says desert locust surge 'poses major threat to Somalia's fragile food security situation'.
Travel ban01 Feb 2020 01:12 GMT
Rights groups slam expanded ban, which includes restrictions for Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania.
Opinion29 Jan 2020 15:13 GMT
Major foreign policy mistakes Kenya has made threaten to unravel its relations with Somalia and endanger its security.
by Abdullahi Boru Halakhe
Environment25 Jan 2020 09:42 GMT
Desert locust infestation threatens food security and livelihoods in region reeling from drought and deadly floods.
Middle East22 Jan 2020 11:15 GMT
Two years after the last drought ended, Somalia is facing one of the driest rainy seasons in more than 30 years.
Al-Shabab18 Jan 2020 15:19 GMT
Four killed in blast claimed by al-Shabab that apparently targeted Turkish engineers working on a road near Mogadishu.
Somalia08 Jan 2020 09:26 GMT
At least four killed and 10 others wounded in Mogadishu as al-Shabab claims responsibility for the blast.
Africa03 Jan 2020 19:13 GMT
State security forces arrested 38 journalists, while 37 were beaten, shot at or threatened at gunpoint, report says.
Somalia31 Dec 2019 01:16 GMT
Armed group says it was targeting a Turkish convoy while government says it was planned 'by a foreign country'.
Africa30 Dec 2019 07:25 GMT
Somali president blames al-Shabab armed group for Saturday attack after truck detonates at checkpoint.
Somalia29 Dec 2019 12:47 GMT
Guterres calls for justice for victims after almost 80 people killed in explosion in Somalia's capital.
Africa28 Dec 2019 16:54 GMT
No claim of responsibility for the attack in Somalia capital that injured more than 100 people, including children.
by Mehari Taddele Maru
by Patrick Gathara