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Could Thursday’s press conference mark the beginning of the d for Majority Leader and Garisaa Township Member of Parliament Aden Duale, or could it just be a blip on his already controversial political career? That was the question on everyone’s lips after 16 MPs, notably from President Uhuru Kenyatta’s party, The National Alliance (TNA) and […]

A coalition led by Saudi Arabia has launched air strikes against Shia-led Houthi rebels in Yemen, saying it is “defending the legitimate government” of President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi. Saudi jets targeted Houthi positions in the capital Sanaa overnight, along with missile batteries and warplanes. Mr Hadi fled to an undisclosed location after rebel forces neared […]

Share this story: MANDERA, KENYA: Hundreds of Mandera County residents took to the streets of the border town on Friday protesting over insecurity that has claimed lives of many in the area. The residents led by local political, religious and community leaders held more than six hours of peaceful street march before giving the local […]

A U.S. drone last week killed Adan Garar, who Pentagon officials said planned Western attacks and was linked to Kenya’s West Gate Mall massacre. American forces used a drone to target and kill a member of the al-Shabaab terrorist network who was tied to the terrorist attack at a luxury shopping mall in Kenya two […]

  A Kenyan and three Somali nationals have been charged in a Nairobi court with killing 35 people at a quarry in Mandera. The four were among those who police linked to the Al-Shabaab terror group, which is suspected to be responsible for the December 2 attack. Mr Abubakar Salim Kitonga, the alleged mastermind of […]

Mandera Governor Ali Ibrahim Roba addresses reporters in the past. At least three people, including two policemen, died on Friday in an attack on Mandera County Governor Ali Roba’s convoy on the Mandera-Arabia road. A former chairman of the Mandera County Council was also killed when two vehicles in the convoy were hit by a […]

  Imam Abdi Hersy poses for a photo at the Abu Bakr Islamic Centre in Calgary on January 4, 2015. Leah Hennel / Calgary Herald A Calgary imam facing outstanding sexual assault charges in the United States says the allegations against him are a “character assassination” and he plans to fight to clear his name. […]

Nairobi:  Eclipsed by newer, more bloodthirsty and media-savvy global jihadists, Somalia’s Al Shebab militants are struggling to stay relevant. On Saturday the two most rapidly ascendant militant Islamist groups joined forces, in words at least, as Nigeria’s Boko Haram declared its allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria. The rise of these […]

Condolences on the passing of Prof Said Sh. Samatar 1 Halka riix oo  ka dhegayso  Wareeysi Lala yeeshay Prof Samatar Markii la doortay Madaxweynaha Somalia Xassan Shiikh iyo odoroskiisii oo dhaboobay Interview with Professor Said Sheikh Samatar at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, Washington, D.C. Ahmed I. Samatar AS: I would […]

A meeting held by Soweto business owners to discuss foreign-owned businesses operating in the area saw tempers flare as the agenda focused only on how to expel them. When one of the locals received a phone call saying his sister had been assaulted by a Somali shop owners, a mob formed which then rampaged through […]