NAIROBI: The Somali militant group Al-Shabab has formally joined Al-Qaeda, according to a video translation released of a message from Al-Qaeda's leader.
Ayman Al-Zawahri gave "glad tidings" that Al-Shabab had joined Al-Qaeda, according to the (...)
NAIROBI, Kenya: African Union troops fighting Al-Qaeda-linked Islamists in the failed state of Somalia have a $10 million funding gap which has delayed the deployment of reinforcements and lifesaving equipment, officials said.
Senior commanders (...)
NAIROBI, Kenya — Suspected Somali gunmen kidnapped two international Doctors Without Borders aid workers in the world's largest refugee camp on Thursday, triggering a police pursuit by land and air after a spate of similar attacks on Kenya's coastal (...)
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Islamist fighters who officials feared would attack famine victims pulled out from many bases in the capital overnight, a move that could speed up the delivery of humanitarian services, the prime minister said (...)
JUBA, Sudan (AP) — Southern Sudan's vice president will travel Saturday to Khartoum to meet northern officials in a bid to defuse tensions sparked by the north's takeover of a disputed border region, an official said.
Vice President Riek Machar's (...)