President Uhuru Kenyatta urges European Union to extend more support to AMISOM
President Uhuru Kenyatta today called on the European Union to provide more support to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). President Kenyatta said the...
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UN experts call for investigation into high levels of sexual violence in South Sudan
Sexual violence has reached “epic proportions” in the conflict in South Sudan, a group of UN experts said on Friday while urging the establishment of...
UN appeals for humanitarian assistance for Somalia
The UN top relief official for Somalia has appealed to donors to scale up humanitarian assistance in the Horn of Africa nation amid severe drought....
AU military officers meet in Somalia over counter-terrorism strategy
MOGADISHU, Nov. 21 — Senior military commanders from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) started a meeting in Mogadishu on Monday to review and...
Rwandan genocide suspects extradited from Netherlands face court
KIGALI – Two Rwandans extradited from the Netherlands to their home country pleaded not guilty during a preliminary court hearing in Kigali on Monday to crimes...
WFP approves budget for South Sudan food aids in 2017
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said it has approved a budget revised for the Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO) in which it seeks...
Japanese troops land in South Sudan, fears of first foreign fighting since WW2
A contingent of Japanese troops landed in South Sudan on Monday, an official said – a mission that critics say could see them embroiled in...
Somalia election: AMISOM needs 4,000 troops
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has said it will require at least 4,000 more troops from African countries in order to further liberate...
Ethiopia, Morocco ink fertilizer plant deal
ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 20 –Ethiopia and Morocco on Saturday signed an agreement to jointly develop an integrated fertilizer production plant worth 2.5 billion U.S. dollars....
Two police officers killed in Somali capital explosion
At least two police officers were killed and two others injured in a bomb explosion at a checkpoint in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday....
