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KDF soldiers celebrate outside the Kismayu University after they took control from Al Shabaab militia. Photo/FILE|Salaton Njau By Neville Otuki Business Daily Kenya’s defence budget last year rose faster than its African peers as regional armies deepened their arms build-up in the face of new threats from groups like the Al-Qaeda linked Al-Shabaab. Kenya increased its...

The leaked letter sent to local authorities last year made claims about several schools A school governor has said it is “a disaster for community cohesion” that the former national head of counter terrorism has been appointed to lead an inquiry into 25 Birmingham schools. The Department for Education (DfE) has appointed Peter Clarke to...

By Jason Patinkin Police check IDs of ethnic Somalis in Eastleigh Eastleigh, a bustling business district in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, is home to thousands of ethnic Somalis—both Kenyan citizens as well as refugees from Somalia and Ethiopia. Every time I visit Eastleigh, I want to come back for the colorful street scene, the outdoor...

BY RODNEY MUHUMUZA KAMPALA, Uganda – About 400 Ugandan troops will be deployed to Somalia under a new United Nations guard unit charged with protecting U.N. staff and installations in the violence-prone Somali capital, Ugandan military officials said. Dressed in the U.N.’s blue helmets and Ugandan military fatigues they will wear while on duty in...

A detained Somali woman has her photograph taken before being fingerprinted and screened at the Kasarani sports stadium, which has been converted into a detention facility to hold those arrested during recent security crackdowns, near Nairobi in Kenya, April 9, 2014. Gabe Joselow NAIROBI — Kenyan police say they have screened more than 1,000 people and...

By Jake Pearson and Tom Hays A New York University (NYU) student attends a town hall to discuss the NYPD’s surveillance of Muslim communities Feb. 29, 2012 in New York City. Surveillance allegedly included NYU students. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) NEW YORK (AP) – Muslim groups and civil liberties advocates applauded the decision by New York...

Wararka aan maanta idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Somaliland oo isaga baxday Taleex kadib markii ay shalay gacanta ku dhigtay halkaasi, Maxkamada Ciidanka Qalabkasida oo maanta xukun ku riday askar wax dhacday iyo warar kale. Warka oo dahn halkan ka dhegeysa  

By Martin Arnold in London Barclays has backed down in its attempt to close the account of Africa’s biggest remittances provider, and agreed to maintain banking services until the company is able to find a replacement lender. Dahabshiil, which remits hundreds of millions of dollars back to Somalia each year, said it had agreed a settlement...

Mark Simmonds meets President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia. Foreign Office Minister for Africa visited Somalia on 15 April to demonstrate UK support for Somali peace and development. He held constructive talks with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the Defence Minister and other government ministers on issues including security, human rights and economic development. During the...

Court jails Somali national after he pleads guilty to stealing from the yacht of Libyan tycoon Husni Husni Bey Chris Mangion Omar Osman Omar, 35, who was born in Somalia but is living in Valletta, was jailed for 18 months after pleading guilty to stealing from on board the sailing vessel ‘La Yazula’, berthed at...