Sudanese Islamist leader Hassan al-Turabi dies at 84

Turabi was rushed from his office at the PCP premises in the neighborhood of Al-Manshia to the intensive care unit of Khartoum's Royal Care hospital after suffering a heart attack in the morning and died there.

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Somali extremist sentenced to death for journalist killings

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - A former journalist accused of belonging to an Islamic extremist group has been sentenced to death for his alleged role in the killings of five Somali journalists.

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50,000 dead, 2.2 million displaced in two-year South Sudan war - UN official

At least 50,000 people have been killed in South Sudan's two-year civil war, a senior United Nations official said on Wednesday, a five-fold increase in the death toll given by humanitarian agencies in the early months of the conflict.

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Somalia's al-Shabab journalist Hassan Hanafi sentenced to death

A Somali military court has sentenced to death a former journalist who helped al-Shabab kill five former colleagues.

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Court confirms 16 year and a half sentence to six Somali men attacking Izurdia

"The appellant is not right'. This forceful statement was made by Manuel Marchena, president of the Second Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court and rapporteur of the sentence which has confirmed 16 year and a half imprisonment for six Somali citizens who in October 2012 pestered and fired at…

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Fadumo Dayib: Somalia's future president?

Somali-born Fadumo Dayib has lived as a refugee with her four children in Finland since the early 1990s and worked as a nurse. But now she wants to return to her home country and make history.

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Somali PM, security chiefs grilled in parliament over security failures

Al Shabab fighters have carried out at least three deadly attacks in Mogadishu and Baidoa town since last week. Both attacks have killed at least 50 people. The group has also targeted the hilltop presidential palace with mortar shelling, killing three people in a nearby residential area.

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Djiboutian Tycoon, Boreh Acquitted

A court in Britain which heard a Djibouti Govt. case versus, a Djiboutian business tycoon who was once the director of the sea ports authority and the trade preferential area in Djibouti,Mr. Abdirahman Boreh and his firms acquitted Mr. Bore and his companies.

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KDF soldier killed in Somalia laid to rest

A KDF soldier was laid to rest yesterday at Mathakwaini village in Tetu, Nyeri county. Peter Ndegwa, 39, was among soldiers killed by al Shabaab at El Adde military camp, Somalia, on January 15. This comes a week after another one was buried at Gakawa, Kieni East.

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Barclays confirms Africa exit, but local unit stays put

British banking giant Barclays Plc finally confirmed its planned exit from the African market on Tuesday, even as the local unit of the British lender gave guarantees to its customers "it is here to stay".

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Bin Laden Predicted 'Islamic State' Would Fail

Osama bin Laden predicted the demise of the Islamic State (IS), warning before his death that any effort by jihadists to declare a caliphate before defeating the West would be doomed to fail.

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Somali troops 'kill' 7 militants in southern Somalia

Ahmed Mohamud, a spokesman for the Kismayo-based Jubbaland state told reporters that the clashes started after the regional troops launched a surprise attack targeting Al Shabab leaders in Abdalla-Birole, a rebel-held town, 40km west of Kismayo townon Mondaynight.

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Press release GalMudug forces attacked Al-Shabaab militia and forced out from the outskirts of Ad & Eel-Abdi villages

01 March 2016 – GalMudug State of Somalia forces today forced out Al-Shabab to flee from outskirts of Ad & Eel-Abdi villages. Al-Shabab militia was re-grouping in the area in order to attack Ad & Eel-Abdi villages, but security forces attacked them and as a result they fled from the area.

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Somalia needs more help

Of the countries contributing to the African Union peacekeeping troops in Somalia (Amisom), Kenya has borne the brunt of the attacks by Al-Shabaab.

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Al Shabaab planning to attack airport

Kenyan security agents manning three of the country's busiest airports have been put on high alert. Latest intelligence reports reveal imminent attacks.

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Somalia's Lido beach: the heart of Mogadishu and the place my friends died

Abdirahman and Omar, two men I looked up to when I was growing up, died in an attack on a restaurant, another tragedy in a city torn between violence and optimism

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Latest: Hundreds protest Utah police shooting

The Latest on a 17-year-old shot by police in Salt Lake City, touching off protests (all times local): 7:05 p.m. Several hundred people took to the streets in Salt Lake City holdings signs that read things like, "Stop killer cops" in a protest against police shooting that left a 17-year-old…

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Khayelitsha residents close down Somali shop

A group of residents of Endlovini informal settlement in Khayelitsha closed down a Somali shop at the weekend after a protest. Residents claimed that the Somalis did not have approval from community leaders to set up the shop.

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Regional presidents in Djibouti to assess progress made by AMISOM

The first summit of heads of state and government of countries contributing to the African Union Peacekeeping Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) was held on Sunday in Djibouti.

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America's airlines are introducing a class below economy

AS THE candidates in America's presidential race pontificate on the growing divide between the haves and the have-nots, the country's airlines are busy segmenting customers between the haves, the have-lesses, the have-somewhats, the have-nots and, now, the have-nothing-at-alls.

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