Kenya, Somalia in Dispute Over Violent Port City
The al-Qaida-linked militants who once controlled the southern port city of Kismayo are gone, but a fight for control of the city has broken...
Ethiopia defies threats from Egypt, ratifies the Nile treaty
Ethiopia’s Parliament unanimously ratified a treaty that strips Egypt of its right to the lion’s share of the River Nile waters.
The move raises the...
Massive police raid launched in Toronto
Police Launched massive predawn raid targeting guns and drugs Thursday, focusing on the Toronto neighbourhood that’s ground zero for the Rob Ford crack video...
Kenya jails nine Somalis to five years for piracy
A Kenyan court sentenced nine Somali citizens each to five years in prison on Monday after finding them guilty of violently hijacking a vessel,...
The Somali fisherman abducted and abandoned in Paris
By Catherine Zemmouri
BBC Africa, Paris
A 35-year-old Somali fisherman, wrongly accused by the French government of being a pirate, has spent five lonely years in...