The US military says it has carried out air strikes against al-Shabab in Somalia, killing at least 37 suspected fighters. In a statement on Tuesday, the US Africa Command (US AFRICOM) said the two strikes on Monday took place near Debatscile. “Air strikes reduce al-Shabab’s ability to plot future attacks, disrupt its leadership networks, and

Regional government asks aid agencies to scale up emergency response to the humanitarian crisis. Over 200,000 people fled ethnic conflict to camps in the Somali region of Ethiopia since July. This pushes the total to over 700,000 that fled inter-communal violence in recent years, according to the latest Displacement Tracking Matrix for Ethiopia. Most came

LONDON (Reuters) – Amid international uproar over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, some members of Saudi Arabia’s ruling family are agitating to prevent Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman from becoming king, three sources close to the royal court said. Dozens of princes and cousins from powerful branches of the Al Saud family want to

President Uhuru Kenyatta has Monday directed the State Department of Fisheries and the National Land Commission to repossess all public fish landing sites that were illegally acquired by unscrupulous people. The President said that all gazetted fish landing sites at the coast, in lakes Victoria and Turkana and any other lakes or rivers in the

Alexander Zverev claimed the biggest title of his career with a 6-4, 6-3 upset on Sunday, becoming the youngest champion of the season-ending event since Djokovic claimed the first of his five titles a decade ago — also at age 21. Alexander Zverev won the biggest title of his career against Novak Djokovic at the

Zholia Alemi, 56, was convicted of fraud and theft offences at Carlisle Crown Court last month.Thousands of NHS doctors are to have their records reviewed after a woman with fake qualifications was found to be working as a consultant psychiatrist for 23 years. Zholia Alemi, 56, was jailed for five years in October after she

Egypt said on Sunday it would hold talks with Ethiopia in the next two weeks to iron out differences over an Ethiopian dam on the River Nile that Cairo sees as a threat to its water supplies.The two countries and Sudan have held a series of meetings over the $4 billion hydroelectric Grand Renaissance Dam,

‘I don’t want to hear the tape, no reason for me to hear the tape,’ US president tells Fox News U.S. President Donald Trump has no plans to listen to an audiotape of the Oct. 2 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. “I don’t want to hear the tape,

Addis Ababa-Djiboutian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed praised the significant changes he achieved in Ethiopia and across the region and the integration of the Horn of Africa. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh today held a bilateral meeting in Addis-Ababa discussions on issues related to Ethiopia, Djibouti, as well as the region.

Africa’s leaders applauded Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for making substantial reforms in his country as they met to consider improvements to the continent-wide body at the start of a summit Saturday. Abiy, 42, outlined the reforms that he has made since coming to power in April, including releasing thousands of prisoners, lifting bans on