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By Katy Migiro eyla Ali Adow (C), a suspected Somali illegal migrant arrested in a police swoop reacts after being processed for deportation at a holding station in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, on April 9, 2014. Kenya last month ordered all Somali refugees living in urban areas to return to their camps in a bid to...

Nairobi, (HRW)– Somalia’s military courts since 2011 have tried hundreds of people beyond the courts’ legal mandate or in proceedings that fall short of international fair trial standards, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The government should urgently transfer civilian cases to the regular courts. International donors assisting in desperately needed improvements...

Gen Abdulfattah al-Sisi Photo: AFP CAIRO, Egypt’s presidential frontrunner may come across as a polished civilian after shedding his military uniform, but his brutal crackdown on opponents has raised fears of a slide back into autocracy. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who toppled elected Islamist president Mohamed Morsi last July, is so sure of victory in the May...

By Abjata Khalif and Mohamed Sheikh Nor African Union forces killed more than 50 insurgents in an attack on an al-Shabaab stronghold in Somalia, as the death toll from clashes between security forces and the Islamist militants in northeastern Kenya doubled. An African Union Mission in Somalia air strike targeted “senior leadership and foreign al-Shabaab fighters” on the...

By Shem Oirere Djibouti and Ethiopia are developing new geothermal power capacities that are intended to enable them meet increasing demand for electricity and enhance their sustainable-energy portfolio. The World Bank has provided details about its contractor prequalification procedure for the drilling of four full-size geothermal production wells in Djibouti, while Icelandic powerplant builder Reykjavik...

By MATT CHORLEY, MAILONLINE POLITICAL EDITOR A fresh racism row engulfed Ukip tonight after it emerged a candidate described Islam as a ‘totalitarian ideology’ that is ‘against everything modern Britain stands for’. An email sent by Heino Vockrodt to the London council he wants to be elected to also claimed a row of shopping looked like...

Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy says Egypt has repeatedly called for negotiations with Ethiopia over the Grand Renaissance Dam but has not received a real response                       A general view shows construction activity on the Grand Renaissance dam in Guba Woreda, Benishangul Gumuz region in this...

Cape Town – Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked militant group al-Shabaab has reportedly praised Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamist group for its fight against those who “targeted” Islam. This comes amid international outcry over the abduction of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls by Boko Haram militants from their school last month. According to an eNCA report, a spokesperson claimed during...

Detainees Describe Mistreatment, Lack of Access to UN Agency Nairobi, Kenyan authorities should immediately end ongoing harassment, arbitrary detentions, forced relocations to refugee camps, and summary deportations in a round-up operation that has affected both foreigners and Kenyan citizens. The government should also give the UN refugee agency full access to all detainees to identify...