In 2011, the United States conducted the first drone strike on the continent, targeting senior leaders of the Somali Islamist group al-Shabab. At the time, Washington held a near monopoly in drone ...

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How we made it in Africa editor-in-chief Jaco Maritz spoke to Bellish about the operating environment and some of the ...

Fresh claims circulating online have thrown a new spotlight on Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s latest visit to ...

Kenya’s new refugee policy seeks to shift away from a camp-based system to one centred on inclusion into the local economy.

"Cotton Fever," "Labrador -- Autopsy of Silence" and "Jail Time Records" are among the winners at the 25th Annual Tribeca Festival, presented by OKX. The New York-based film festival announced the ...

Omar Artan, a referee from Somalia, received a hero’s welcome upon his return to Mogadishu after being denied entry to the United States for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The homecoming saw crowds of ...

During his Madaraka Day speech on 1 June 2026 in Wajir, marking Kenya’s 63rd anniversary of internal self-rule, President William Ruto spoke emotionally about the occasion. Wajir Governor Ahmed ...

Protester shot dead by police, protest leader says Kenyan court ordered halt to work, lawyer says government failed to comply New facility is designed for Americans exposed to Ebola but asymptomatic ...

Ohio, home to the country’s second-largest Somali population, has a multibillion-dollar Somali fraud crisis similar to the scandal in Minnesota, members of the House Committee on Oversight and ...

The court further delayed the Trump administration’s proposed quarantine unit for Americans exposed to the virus. The plan has sparked angry protests in Kenya. By Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Brian O.

In Central Africa, authorities are still struggling to get their hands around an Ebola outbreak with more than 900 suspected cases. A Kenyan court temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s plan ...