PM Benjamin Netanyahu with Chadian President Idriss Déby, Sunday | Photo: Kobi Gideon / GPO Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds private meeting with Chadian President Idriss Déby • Chad’s defense and internal security ministers tell Israel Hayom that Chad intends to sign document officially reinstating diplomatic relations with Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in

Congo’s Constitutional Court early Sunday declared the election of Felix Tshisekedi as president, rejecting challenges to the vote by runner-up Martin Fayulu, who had alleged fraud. Tshisekedi, son of the late, charismatic opposition leader Etienne, is now set to be inaugurated on Tuesday. The declaration came shortly after the African Union in an unprecedented move

Suhaila Mwalim Bakari, was taken into police custody following the identification of her husband, Mahir Khalid Riziki, as the suicide bomber in the Tuesday attack. It is not clear whether Suhaila became radicalised, but investigators say she was a confidant of her husband, lending her ears to his trials and tribulations while in Somalia everytime

The U.S. military on Saturday said it had carried out its deadliest airstrike in Somalia in months, killing 52 al-Shabab extremists after a “large group” mounted an attack on Somali forces. The U.S. Africa Command said the airstrike occurred near Jilib in Middle Juba region. There were no reports of Americans killed or wounded. The

Photo Reuters Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said on Saturday the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia cannot move forward until Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is “dealt with”, without being more specific. Speaking in Ankara a day after meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Graham also said Congress will reintroduce sanctions

The Ethiopian National Defense Force is confirming an ambush by al-Shabab extremists on an Ethiopian peacekeeping convoy in neighboring Somalia and says Ethiopian forces are preparing a “massive offensive” in response. A statement on Saturday rejects reports and an al-Shabab claim that several Ethiopian troops were killed. It does not give further details on casualties.

Tana River Governor Dhadho Godhana has asked all Somali refugees in Kenya to return home. Godhana said Somali is now peaceful and refugees should go and build their country. Speaking on Friday in Hola during the handing over of cheques for students’ bursaries, the governor said the continuous stay of refugees in the country was

Osman Ibrahim, Guleid Abdihakim, Gladys Kaari Justus, Oliver Kanyango Muthee and Joel Nganga Wainaina, left to right, appear at a court hearing in Nairobi on Friday. The court ordered that the five suspects be held as a hotel attack earlier this week is investigated. (Associated Press) Canadian national Guleid Abdihakim and four other people suspected

District governor of Bakool Ali Abdinur said the al-Shabaab militia has more than 100 children abducted in the district. Elas Garas Ali Abdirahim Iman, said the children of Al-Shabaab abducted aged  9-14 year olds. Residents also said 60 children were taken from the school in Elas Garas village, al-Shabaab militia going to school in the area, and

Ms Violet Kemunto. She is reported to be the wife of Ali Gichunge,One of the terrorists in the attack on a Nairobi business complex was a son of a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldier.Ali Salim Gichunge, alias Farouk, is believed to have died in the Tuesday attack after commandos stormed the 14 Riverside Drive complex