Truck Bomb in Somalia Kills 3 and Wounds 3, Including a U.S. Soldier
NAIROBI, Kenya — Three Somali military officers were killed and two others injured along with an American service member in a bombing in southern Somalia...
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44,000 people missing in Nigeria, Ethiopia, other parts of Africa
Getty Images The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has revealed that about 44,000 people are registered as missing across the African continent, with...
Wild polio sufferers reflect as Africa set to be declared free of the disease
Nigerian Gbemisola Ijigbamigbe’s right leg was virtually paralysed after she contracted wild polio aged 11 months. Now the 28-year-old leads an active life as a...
West Africa’s BCEAO central bank reopens in Mali for first time since coup
The regional branch of West Africa’s BCEAO central bank has reopened in Mali for the first time since a military coup last week, Hamadoun Ba,...
Somalia fumes over Taiwan-Somaliland diplomatic ties
Somalia has expressed anger over Taiwan’s move to open a representative office in the self-declared Republic of Somaliland. Somalia warned Taiwan of retaliatory measures if...
Attack on Beachside Somalia Hotel Kills at Least 16
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A terrorist attack on a popular hotel in the Somali capital that left at least 16 people dead, including five assailants, ended...
At least seven dead after gunmen attack Mogadishu hotel
Militants stormed a high-end seaside hotel in Mogadishu on Sunday, killing at least seven people and wounding more than 20 as they detonated a car...
At least 15 dead as Islamic extremists attack beachside hotel in Somalia
At least 15 people were killed at the Elite Hotel (Picture: AP) Four attackers laid siege to a beachside hotel, killing at least 15 people...
US Africa Command plans to move headquarters, but not to Africa
US President Donald Trump has ordered the US military’s Africa Command (Africom) to move its headquarters out of Germany, the force’s commander said on Thursday....
Pentagon Admits to Civilian Casualties in Somalia for a Third Time
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has admitted for the third time that its bombing campaign against terrorist groups in Somalia, which has been underway for more...