By Hollie McKay | Fox News NAIROBI, Kenya – Wedged in the middle of chaos, bordered by the long-running instability of South Sudan to the northwest and Somalia to the east, the East African nation of Kenya is striving to maintain the feeble balance of welcoming refugees while securing their borders from the infiltration of terrorists. “Kenya is a country...
November 14, 2026
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Djibouti parliament built with Iranian fund, debts unpaid’: Official
TEHRAN: Chairwoman of the Export Guarantee Fund of Iran said many foreign governments and purchasers are in debt to the Iranian fund, including Djibouti, whose parliament has been financed and constructed by Iranians. In an interview with Tasnim, Afrooz Bahrami said foreign customers and governments make up around 70 percent of the debtors that owe...
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The Somali refugees whose lives were halted by Trump’s travel ban
Thousands in Dadaab camp were ready to travel to the US and start new lives, but they were denied entry two years ago. By Osman Mohamed Osman Dadaab, Kenya – It is late-morning in Dadaab, the semi-arid refugee camp in northeast Kenya. Abdirizak Salat, wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans, removes a set of keys...
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Miraa farmers eye Africa markets
Miraa farmers are eyeing the horn of Africa and southern Africa markets, with Ethiopia and Djibouti among target destinations. They have toured the two countries on a benchmarking trip. Djibouti market will bring up to Sh120 million monthly for the crop that has suffered a ban in Europe, the United Kingdom and most of the...
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‘If you pay, you’ll go’: Dadaab residents claim bribery is price of getting home
Sally Hayden Somali people at Kenya’s sprawling refugee camp allege that UN staff want money for everything from food to repatriation Four years ago, Asha made what seemed like an impossible decision. She knew the journey from Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp back to her native Somalia was risky. But after an attack by the Somali...
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Displaced families suffering subhuman conditions in Ethiopia: Egeland
Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Displaced families are enduring subhuman conditions in Ethiopia without enough food and shelter, Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, said on Thursday. Egeland told Reuters he had seen 3,500 people without food in an abandoned factory, sharing 16 overflowing latrines flooded by torrential rains, during a...
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Dur-Dur Band review: Somalia’s disco stars are back in the groove
Jane Cornwell Back in the Eighties, when Mogadishu was swinging and Somalia was stable, Dur-Dur Band was the most disco-tastic band in the land. A musical juggernaut featuring four lead singers, three backing vocalists and a wall of brass, synths and guitars, the group’s blend of global sounds and traditional Somali rhythms wowed crowds across east Africa and...
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Ahmed Hussein: Hang by the Neck Until Pronounced Dead?
By Adan Makina Editor’s Note: Taken from Adan Makina’s upcoming book “The Political Struggles of Sultan Deghow Maalim Sambul”, this chapter exposes the sufferings encountered by Mzee Ahmed Hussein who was almost sentenced to death by the British colonial Administration that reigned supreme in much of East Africa. Ahmed Hussein was arraigned in a court...
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Ethiopian Airlines rejects ‘pilot error’ claim in US
A US politician who blamed pilot error for contributing to the deadly crash of a Boeing 737 Max flown by Ethiopian Airlines was “seriously misinformed”, the carrier’s boss has said. Republican Sam Graves told a House of Representatives hearing last month that “facts” in investigations after crashes in both Ethiopia and Indonesia “reveal pilot error...
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US envoy decries lack of response from Islamic world to China’s attacks on Uighurs
Julian Borger The US envoy on religious liberty has said he is “disappointed” at the response of governments in the Islamic world to China’s mass incarceration of Uighur Muslims, suggesting they had been threatened by Beijing. Sam Brownback, ambassador at large for international religious freedom, said some majority-Muslim states did not want to draw attention to...