Malkhadir Muhumed

Parents fleeing the devastating famine on foot — sometimes with as many as seven children in tow — are having to make unimaginably cruel choices.

Somalia experts who have watched violence spin in circles for nearly 20 years are warning that more troops will not bring peace.

African leaders are pledging thousands of new troops for Somalia to fight al-Qaeda-linked militants responsible for the twin World Cup bombings.

Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the Uganda bomb attacks that killed 76 people watching the World Cup final on television.

Somali pirates seized a tanker carrying crude oil from Saudi Arabia to the US in the increasingly dangerous waters off East Africa, officials said.