Hillary Clinton begins presidential push with visit to Iowa
Hillary Clinton has begun a tour of key states in her campaign to become US president following her announcement that she intended to make...
AU soldier, 16 Somalis killed in govt building attack
The death toll from an Al-Shabab attack on Somalia's higher education ministry has risen to 17 people, officials said Tuesday, in the latest deadly...
Kenya vow not to withdraw troops from Somalia
KAKAMEGA, Kenya -- The Kenyan government on Sunday maintained it will not withdraw its troops from Somalia as being demanded by Somali militants.
Deputy President...
Silanyo Regime Is Derailing Somaliland’s Infant Democracy. By Abdirahman Mohamed Jama (Awxoog)
The five-year strategy by the ruling Kulmiye Party of strangling Somaliland’s democratization process is now a foregone conclusion. Ahmed Mohamed Mahmud Silanyo’s bid to...
Yemen crisis: Kerry warns Iran over Houthi rebel ‘support’
US Secretary of State John Kerry has warned Iran over its alleged support for Houthi rebels in Yemen.
He said the US would support any...
Somalia puts bounty on Al-Shabab leaders
MOGADISHU, Somalia's government has placed a bounty on the top 11 leaders of the militant Islamist al-Shabab group.Top of the list is its chief...
Somaliland: Losing patience in the world’s most unlikely democracy
Since the last time I was here, four years ago, Hargeisa – the scruffy, surprisingly large capital of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland –...
Somaliland to Harvard: How this student beat the odds
Abdisamad Adan could barely carry a conversation in English five years ago, but he's just been accepted to study at Harvard University.
He credits the...
Kenya is stopping remittances of $70 million a month from reaching its Somali community
In its latest move to counter the terror threat engulfing its country, the Kenyan government has banned at least 86 entities and individuals it...
Cellphones for Women in Developing Nations Aid Ascent From Poverty
Here is what life is like for a woman with no bank account in a developing country. She keeps her savings hidden — in...