President Joseph Kabila at his personal ranch near Kinshasa, the capital of Congo. He has been in office since his father’s assassination in 2001.CreditCreditJohn Wessels/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images By Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura KINGAKATI, Democratic Republic of Congo — His favorite … Continued
Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo. The president is likely to survive an impeachment motion. PHOTO | AFP By FRED OLUOCH Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed “Farmajo” is likely to survive an impeachment motion, but he is not sitting pretty … Continued
Mogadishu – The Special representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia (SRCC) and Head of AMISOM, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, has been following closely the events in South West State of Somalia that culminated in the arrest of … Continued
Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – A military court in Ethiopia on Saturday jailed 66 soldiers for between five and 14 years for marching on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s palace in October, ruling they had broken military ethics, officials said. … Continued
A section of Maka-al-Mukarrama Avenue in Mogadishu. ABDULKADIR KHALIF | NATION MEDIA GROUP By ABDULKADIR KHALIF Maka-al-Mukarrama Avenue easily passes for the stretch in Mogadishu that has absorbed the most violence unleashed by the Al-Shabaab jihadists in the past decade. … Continued
US National Security Adviser John Bolton thinks China could take control of the Doraleh Container Terminal, critical for supplying the Pentagon’s Camp Lemonnier Djibouti is thought to be heavily in debt to China, making US interests in the tiny African … Continued
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The U.S. military says it has killed eight members of the al-Shabab extremist group with an airstrike south of Somalia’s capital. The U.S. Africa Command statement says the airstrike occurred on Saturday near Gandarshe, a coastal community. … Continued
At least 21 people have been killed in two days of fighting between ethnic groups in southern Ethiopia, the state-affiliated Fana radio reported Friday, The violence broke out near the town of Moyale, on the border with Kenya, in a … Continued
Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia will begin moving its troops away from the border with Eritrea, senior military officials said on Friday, months after the erstwhile enemies reopened it for the first time in 20 years. “Relations between … Continued
By Rebecca Root BARCELONA — Conflict and disaster in Somalia have sparked massive internal displacement to make Mogadishu the most crowded city in Africa, leading to calls for emergency aid to the Somali capital to address land management and shelter issues. Conflict, natural … Continued
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the authorities in Somalia’s semi-autonomous northeastern region of Puntland to immediately arrest the police officer who fired a shot at a radio station director in the port city of Bosaso on 9 December and … Continued
Former al-Shabab deputy leader Mukhtar Robow attends a news conference in Baidoa, Somalia, on Nov. 4. (Feisal Omar/Reuters) By Max Bearak NAIROBI — Mukhtar Robow, the former spokesman and deputy leader of the Somali Islamist group al-Shabab, is a surprisingly popular man. … Continued
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