Somali plane hit by bomb, meant to kill all on board: minister
A blast that punched a hole in the fuselage of a plane this week was caused by a bomb meant to kill everyone on board, Somalia's minister...
Mystery of the ‘resolution’ at Addis African Union summit to walk out of ICC
A common position by African countries on mass withdrawal from the International Criminal Court will not be reached until June when a...
Briefing: The new Jihadist strategy in the Sahel
Security has been intense over the last few weeks in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, with police and soldiers on the streets, vehicle...
U.N. experts find bid to smuggle Congo arms via Rwanda to Burundi rebels
A confidential report to the United Nations Security Council found there have been attempts to smuggle weapons from Democratic Republic...
Life after Al Shabbab's attack on El-Adde: How will Kenya respond?
According to Kenya’s Defence Chief General Samson Mwathethe, a massive vehicle-borne improvised explosive device triggered the Al-Shabaab...
South Sudan’s rebel leader: ‘I am a hero. I am a victim.’
Despite overseeing the near-total destruction of Africa’s newest country, South Sudan’s liberation hero-turned-rebel leader Riek Machar...
