Senator Billow Kerrow, three MPs arrested over Mandera mass grave claims
Mandera Senator Billow Kerrow. Flying Squad officers arrested Mr Kerrow and three other MPs from Mandera on December 10, 2015 over remarks on discovery of a mass grave. FILE PHOTO…
Police did not dig up any more bodies during search at 15 sites
Local leaders, at a press conference in Nairobi, on Monday accused the Kenya Defence Forces of executing terror suspects, a charge the military denied. Neither local leaders such as Mandera…
American, US resident extremists defect in Somalia
The defections of two fighters, an American and a U.S. resident, from Somalia’s Islamic extremist rebels highlight tensions within al-Shabab over whether it should remain affiliated to al-Qaida or switch…
U.S. Tightens Visa-Waiver Program in Bid to Deter Militants
Benjamin J. Rhodes, the White House deputy national security adviser, said the attacks in Paris demonstrated that the Islamic State was increasingly focused on attacks outside Syria. Credit Saul Loeb/Agence…
Ban appoints veteran British political, peacebuilding adviser to head UN assistance mission in Somalia
23 November 2015 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Michael Keating of the United Kingdom as his new Special Representative for Somalia and Head of the United…
Mogadishu Ranked The Fastest Growing city in the World
The fastest growing city in the world is Batam in Indonesia … or Niamey in Niger … or maybe Xiamen in China. It all depends on who you ask. Batam…
Suspected terrorist Mutes Muthanna Majid has been arrested in Sweden
expressen able on Thursday to publish the picture used by Swedish police in the hunt for the suspected terrorist who yesterday triggered the threat level 4. Now Expressen tell that…
Veteran Somali Journalist Dies in Ethiopia
Veteran Somali Journalist Ahmed Hassan Cawke has passed away last night in Jig-Jiga, the capital of Somali regional state in Ethiopia. His sister Canab Hassan Cawke has confirmed the death…
Refugee crisis could boost Swedish economy
Economists from Swedish bank Nordea have suggested that the nation’s economy will grow by 0.5 percent as Sweden continues to take in record numbers of refugees fleeing conflicts in Africa…