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46 soldiers arrested in connection with Wednesday House session stand-off

Forty-Six soldiers apprehended after they allegedly interrupted yesterday's Lower House session, officials confirmed.

From Refugee Camp, Young Somali Lands Spot at Princeton

Last August, Asad Hussein boarded the back of a truck in Dadaab, Kenya, sitting with other passengers among sacks of beans being transported to Somalia's capital.

East Africa Becomes A Testing Ground For UAE And Qatar As They Battle For Influence And Opportunity

The Horn of Africa is fast becoming an arena for wealthy Gulf Arab states to play out their intense rivalries with each other, in a potentially dangerous battle for influence.

South Sudan, Somalia and Iran excluded from one of Australia's refugee programs

Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Bhutan, Syria and Iraq to be prioritised

A Somali-Canadian's reflections on Refugee Rights Day in Canada

Refugee Rights Day is a day to create awareness in the public consciousness about the rights and protection of refugees in Canada.

Defense: FBI Informant Pushed Men To Stay Involved In Bomb Plot

Defense attorneys for two of the men charged in an alleged bomb plot in western Kansas argued their clients were manipulated by the FBI into remaining part of the conspiracy.

AMISOM intervenes in Somalia's political stand-off

The political stand-off in Mogadishu surrounding Jawari's impeachment reached a crescendo on Wednesday afternoon after AMISOM troops have intervened with the security of Parliament.

AP Interview: Somaliland president defends UAE military deal

Somalia's breakaway northern region of Somaliland declared its independence nearly three decades ago, but despite having its own currency, parliament and military the predominantly Muslim country hasn't been recognized by any foreign government.

Standoff at Somalia's Parliament blocks move to oust opposition leader

A police contingent loyal to a top opposition leader in Somalia took over Parliament for several hours on Wednesday, pushing a growing political rift to the brink of armed confrontation.

Legendary Somali vocalist Sahra Ahmed Jama passes away in Hargeisa

Legendary Somali singer Sahra Ahmed Jama has passed away in Hargeisa after a bout with an undisclosed illness, according to her family and the Somali government.

Ethiopia's new Prime Minister pledges reforms to end violence

ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia's new prime minister, Abiye Ahmed, promised on Monday to push through democratic reforms in an effort to end three years of unrest that first erupted in the province of Oromiya from where he hails.

Somalia speaker of parliament refuses to resign amid political crisis

"They are asking me to resign, but I am not going to resign, I do not work for them," the words of a defiant Mohamed Osman Jawari, Somalia's Speaker of Parliament.

Kenyan Forces Are Allowing Money to Flow to a Terrorist Group in Somalia

The Kenyan Defense Forces have been deployed in Somalia conducting counterterror operations since 2011.Yet a recent United Nations (U.N.) report accuses the Kenyans of continuing its years-long practice of enabling the trade of charcoal in Somalia—a trade banned by the U.N. in 2012 because it profits…

Jawari accuses President Farmajo of fueling the political tensions

Lower House Speaker, Mohamed Osman Jawari on Tuesday accused President Mohamed Farmaajo of rubbing salt into his wound barely four days after a presidential intervention put off a session to debate on the no-confidence motion against Jawari.

AMISOM troops successfully repulse Al Shabaab attacks on AMISOM bases in the Lower Shabelle region

Refugees in Indonesia selling sex to survive

Homeless mother-of-three, Nimo, fled to Indonesia from Somalia after Islamists killed her family, but with prostitution as the only way to survive, she tearily says her life in Jakarta is "much harder" than her war-torn homeland.

Erdogan calls Netanyahu 'terrorist', Israel 'terrorist state'

Turkish president's comments follow condemnation of Israeli army's killing of 17 Palestinian protesters in Gaza.

Shabab says it killed Ugandan peacekeepers in Somalia

NAIROBI, Kenya — Islamist militants in Somalia carried out multiple coordinated attacks against African Union peacekeeping forces on Sunday, and claimed to have killed at least 59 Ugandan soldiers.

Bahrain strikes its biggest oil field, dwarfing current reserves

The "highly significant" oil and deep gas resource is thought to dwarf the Gulf kingdom's current reserves, according to an official announcement on Sunday. It is located in the Khaleej al-Bahrain basin, located off the country's west coast.

Extremists kill 4 African Union soldiers in southern Somalia

Somalia's al-Shabab Islamic extremists on Sunday launched an attack on a base for African Union troops in country's south, killing four Ugandan peacekeepers, said Ugandan army spokesman Brig. Richard Karemire.