December 2015
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Somalia no longer a failed state, just a fragile one, says UN
Dec 26, 2015Somalia is no longer a failed state but a recovering fragile country, the top UN official for war-torn Somalia has said. In the last three years the country has stabilised but there is still a... -
Ethiopian opposition urges scrutiny of industrial plan
Dec 26, 2015The international community needs to pressure the Ethiopian government to halt land grabs and respect human rights, an opposition party leader has said after two prominent opposition members were arrested for inciting protests in Oromiya earlier... -
One Kenyan police officer dead after Somali Islamist twin attacks
Dec 26, 2015Somali Islamist militants attacked two Kenyan police convoys in northern Kenya on Friday, killing at least one police officer, police and a spokesman for the group said. The al Shabaab group, which seeks to overthrow... -
Turkey’s Erdogan talks man on bridge out of suicide
Dec 26, 2015Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan used his celebrated rhetorical skills to save a life on Friday, preventing a man from jumping off Istanbul’s Bosphorus Bridge. The man was apparently preparing to jump to his death... -
Fireman trains soldiers for mission to Somalia
Dec 26, 2015A fireman from Sheffield has returned safely from a trip to Africa, where he helped to train Ugandan soldiers. Tommy Pigg, aged 34, who is a part-time soldier, travelled to Uganda with the British Army... -
Amisom’s persistent onslaught on Shabaab bearing fruit, says CS Nkaissery
Dec 26, 2015The splitting of the Somalia-based terror group Al-Shabaab into two is as a result of the persistent pressure by the African Union Mission to Somalia (Amisom) troops, Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery has said. Maj... -
Kenya official: 200 extremist al-Shabab fighters pledge allegiance to Islamic State group
Dec 26, 2015Kenya’s police chief says about 200 Islamic extremist fighters have split from Somalia’s al-Shabab rebels, who are allied to al-Qaida, and have instead pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group. Joseph Boinett told The Associated... -
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