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Somali journalist injured in Mogadishu

Somali female journalist, working for state-run Radio has been shot and injured by gunman in Mogadishu, according to police.

Ethiopia to begin extracting crude oil and natural gas

Ethiopia will begin extracting crude oil on a test basis from reserves in the country's southeast this week, state-affiliated media and the prime minister's office said on Wednesday.

Kenya fire: Several dead in Nairobi market

At least 15 people have been killed in a fire at a market in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.

Experts say women in US face more sexual violence than women in Somalia and Afghanistan

The United States is the third most dangerous country in the world in terms of sexual violence toward women, according to 548 women's rights experts polled by the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

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Al-Shabaab Denies Leader Is Dead

Trump travel ban: 8 things you need to know about Supreme Court ruling

The US Supreme Court has Donald Trump's travel ban which severely limits travellers from certain countries entering the US. As it stands, travellers, immigrants, and visa holders from Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen are banned from coming into the US. All through his…

MN activists team up to decry Supreme Court ruling on travel ban

Representatives of Minnesota's Muslim community gathered Tuesday to condemn the U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding President Donald Trump's travel ban. The ban would affect travel from several mostly Muslim countries. Members of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations…

Al-Shabaab Leader Reportedly Passes On Due To Illness

Al-Shabaab's leader Ahmed Dirie (Abu Ubaidah) has passed away in Jilib town of southern Somalia. Ismail Sheikh Isack, the commander of 43rd battalion of Somali national Army (SNA) who spoke to Somali military owned radio said Ahmed Dirie died on Monday due to a kidney-related illness.

Did Someone Try to Assassinate Ethiopia's New Prime Minister? Here's What You Need to Know.

On Saturday, June 23, hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians rallied in the famous Meskel Square, located at the heart of the capital city Addis Ababa. Citizen groups and human rights activists had organized the event to show support for Ethiopia's reformist leader, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed — to…

Ethiopia PM receives Eritrean delegation, says 'visit is foundation for brighter future'

Civil Society's Role in Rehabilitation and Reintegration Related to Violent Extremism

As the United Nations and member states undertake the sixth review of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy this week, one of the many critical questions related to recovering from the effects of violent extremism and terrorism is: what is to be done with offenders when they return to local communities?…

Ex-NATO chief Solana denied entry to US over Iran trips

Former NATO chief Javier Solana said Monday his online application to enter the United States was turned down for having travelled to Iran where he took part in negotiations on a nuclear deal. "It's a petty decision," he told Spanish television, explaining he had gone to Iran in 2013 to…

Somali weds two women on same day

A young Somali man who married two women on the same night has told the BBC that he will encourage other men to do it. Bashir Mohamed said he courted both women for about eight months, and convinced them to marry him. "I used to bring them together to socialise with me at my home," he told BBC…

Ethiopians donate blood to victims receiving medical care

Italy and Malta Block Another Rescue Ship Carrying Migrants

Migrants who 'invade' US have no right to due process— Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump on Sunday said migrants who "invade" the US should be deprived of legal due process, reinforcing his hardline stand despite an about-face on family separations that has seen more than 500 children reunited with relatives.

Ethiopia arrests 30 over deadly grenade attack at leader's rally

The attack occurred in a packed public square in Addis Ababa as new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was wrapping up a speech before tens of thousands of people.

Kenya: Disarm reservists for colluding with Somali bandits – Mulyungi

Mwingi Central MP Gideon Mulyungi has accused police reservists of colluding with Somali bandits instead of protesting residents.

Nigeria: 'Deeply unfortunate killings' as 86 reported dead

Nigeria's presidency late Sunday announced a "deeply unfortunate killings across a number of communities" in central Plateau State as one report cited police as saying 86 people were dead in clashes between mostly Muslim herders and Christian farmers.