Demonstrators gesture and shout slogans during a protest against a new citizenship law in New Delhi, India, December 24, 2019. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui Indian authorities stepped up security and shut down the internet in various places on Tuesday while members of the ruling party planned marches backing a new citizenship law even though nationwide protests against

USAID food aid being unloaded at Mombasa port. Kenya has received food aid valued at approximately Sh340 million from the United States government. Kenya has received food aid valued at approximately Sh340 million from the United States government in support of its efforts to address food insecurity in the country. The country has been experiencing

Photo/ Reuters Nairobi, December 23, 2019 — Somali authorities should immediately allow local broadcaster City FM to reopen and let its staffers work freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On December 19, police in Jowhar, the capital of Hirshabelle state, raided the privately owned City FM broadcaster, briefly detained seven of its staffers,

Central Bank of Kenya Governor Patrick Njoroge Parliament has stripped the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) of powers to approve the opening, relocation and closure of any branch of a mortgage refinance company. The National Assembly annulled sections 26(2) and 42 of the Central Bank of Kenya (Mortgage Refinance Companies) Regulations, 2019. The regulations, Central

This photo provided by the French Defense Ministry communication center and taken Tuesday Dec. 17, 2019, shows French soldiers loading a French Reaper drone with two GBU 12 missiles on Niamey airbase, Niger. France’s defense ministry said Monday that it had carried out its first armed drone strike, killing seven Islamic extremists in central Mali

Photo/ Reuters Israel opposes an accord signed last month between Libya and Turkey mapping out maritime boundaries in the eastern Mediterranean, but the deal was unlikely to lead to a conflict with Turkey, Israel’s foreign minister said on Monday. The deal between Ankara and Tripoli carves out a corridor of maritime boundaries between Libya and

Photo/ Reuters Saudi Arabia’s closed-door trial on the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi sparked global outrage after a Saudi court cleared two former top aides to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) linked to the murder plot. While five of the 11 unnamed individuals indicted in the case were sentenced to death and three

At least 4 al-Shabaab terrorists killed in morning attack, says military official At least seven Somali soldiers were killed and several others wounded on Monday when gunmen belonging to al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab attacked a southwestern military base, officials said. Hassan Isack, a Somali military official in the Bay region, confirmed to Anadolu Agency the attack

A statement from the Somaliland. Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said talks between Somalia and Somaliland rejects The statement said Somaliland is not ready to negotiate with the Somali government at this time. Somaliland has accused the Federal Government of being dishonest and refusing to negotiate, and at this time no talks between the two

Selami Turker, chief of Special Police Unit of Turkish National Police, met with Somali officials and exchanged views Turkey’s police special operations chief is in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu to boost cooperation between the two countries, the Turkish Embassy in Somalia said Monday. In a statement, the embassy said the Chief of the Special Police Unit