So far, most countries on the African continent are dealing with Covid-19, but not all leaders are taking the coronavirus pandemic seriously
Double-registration has effectively rendered stateless tens of thousands of Kenyan citizens who are ethnically Somali
In February the devastating locust swarms were the biggest seen in East Africa for 70 years. Now they’re even bigger
The agreement could go beyond economics towards the political unification of Africa
About 25 years ago, Baldwyn Torto and his team taught themselves to talk to locusts. Now, Simon Allison brings you the story of the swarms eating their way across the continent
Fewer journalists have been killed since President Farmajoo came to power in 2017, but general freedom of expression has been sharply curtailed, as detailed in a new Amnesty International report
Researches have looked at how climate change has affected the UN mission in Somalia and how it has strengthened radical groups
The self-governing territory’s president received a head of state’s welcome in Guinea, much to Somalia’s fury
Actor Amitabh Bachchan may not know it, but he has been a superstar in Mogadishu for years
Important targets that Amisom set out to achieve as part of our Somalia exit strategy are being completed
"For me the image captures a normal moment in an abnormal situation"
Ever-increasing air strikes since Donald Trump’s election are killing more and more innocent people
Shroud of secrecy around civilian deaths masks possible war crimes
Despite its image as a friendly and welcoming country, New Zealand is a settler colonial society with a history of exclusivity
Somalia’s Al-Qaeda affiliate has mainly used recruits from Kenya’s ethnic Somali community or coastal Muslim communities
There are concerns that the process of how the country’s oil will be extracted is corrupt
Lawyers for Human Rights is litigating on behalf of eight Somalis whose appeal was turned down in what it calls a ruling that does not reflect facts
Kenya said it invaded Somalia to protect its citizens, but the attack in Nairobi this week shows this has failed
Kenya’s security agencies are under scrutiny following the latest attack on a hotel compound
The order comes days after the official raised concerns at the action of Somalia’s UN-backed security services in recent violence
As the US bids farewell to former US President George H.W. Bush, in Africa he is remembered most for his failed bid to stabilise Somalia
A man involved in the attack that killed hundreds in Somalia’s capital was executed as the country commemorated the first anniversary of the blast
There are thousands of kilometres of coastline in Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and South Africa. Drug traffickers are taking advantage
The country is losing trees at an alarming rate to an illicit charcoal trade that partly bankrolls its Islamist insurgency
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It is misguided to blame armed conflict and violence on climate change alone
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But is Hargeisa sacrificing its values in its quest for independence?
Infighting has plunged the federal government into disarray and exposed its dysfunction
‘The sight of young women playing football is highly unusual in Somalia, owing to societal pressures as well as fear of al-Shabab’
Military superpowers, which now include China, rely on Djibouti’s increasingly fragile stability
Turkey’s presence in Somalia certainly embodies one of the most interesting regional geopolitical developments in the past decade.
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Trump’s new relaxed rules of engagement are killing civilians and breeding the next generation of anti-US fighters.
The Sudanese government has received money from the EU to stem the flow of migrants, but officials are colluding with smugglers and human traffickers