Several weeks ago, I opined on Twitter that Somalia, the most dysfunctional state in Africa, must either be dismembered, disaggregated, re-aggregated, or abolished altogether. LEGAL FICTIONS I immediately received flak and opprobrium from all manner of pedestrian commenters. Much of the commentary was emotionally charged without any redeeming argumentation. I wasn’t surprised, or offended. That’s

President Uhuru Kenyatta President Uhuru Kenyatta has said that security officers will mount sting operation to flush out Al Shabaab operatives in the North Eastern and Coastal regions which have witnessed a spike in terrorist attacks since December. The Head of State announced the move on Friday as he heralded a fresh war against terror

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prays near the coffins of Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, in Tehran, Iran January 6, 2020. Official Khamenei website/Handout via REUTERS Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said

In this image from video, presiding officer Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts swears in members of the Senate for the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (Senate Television via AP) The U.S. Senate opened the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump with quiet ceremony

The scale of the problem is unknown as visit visas do not appear in Indian or UAE migration or employment records [File: Rabih Moghrabi/AFP] An increasing number of migrant workers hired on tourist visa face labour abuse, police and activists said. Exploitative employers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are increasingly using tourist visas to

Al Shabaab militants during training at an unidentified location in Somalia Failures in intelligence processing, corruption at the border and youth vulnerable to radicalisation have helped a terror group losing ground in Somalia to keep lashing out in Kenya • While Kenya has routed militants in Somalia, they remain a threat on home soil •

In this image from video, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks as the House of Representatives debates the impeachment managers resolution at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. (House Television via AP) The U.S. House voted Wednesday to send two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate and approve

President Vladimir Putin Russian president delivers annual address to country’s Federal Assembly The regional conflicts in the Middle East can transform into a global war, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. Addressing Russia’s Federal Assembly in Moscow, Putin said there is a need for “a serious talk” about international security and stability, and particularly

Photo Credit /AFP / Ted ALJIBE /Agoncillo town in the Philippines’ Batangas province has been blanketed with ash from the Taal volcano Philippine authorities were struggling Wednesday to keep thousands of evacuees from returning to homes in areas threatened by a feared massive eruption of Taal volcano. Some 40,000 people have taken refuge in shelters

Photo Credit Reuters Ethiopia’s electoral board said on Wednesday it expects to hold national elections on Aug. 16, 2020, the first vote under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who took office in 2018 and has directed political and economic reforms. Birtukan Mideksa, the head of the electoral board, told Reuters that the date was tentative. Abiy