Who Is Fleeing Africa for Europe?
Thousands of Africans are undertaking the perilous journey across the Mediterranean in pursuit of a better life. We take a look at their countries of origin and reasons for their flight. It is once again that time of the year when the Mediterranean Sea is awash with people fleeing their home countries. The risks involved […]
Why the Death Penalty Is Losing Favour in Sub-Saharan Africa
The death penalty is declining worldwide despite a surge in executions during the first few months of 2015 in countries such as Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. The African continent is a vanguard of this trend. The death penalty has been abolished or has fallen into disuse throughout Portuguese and French-speaking Africa. The same goes for […]
United Nations To End Worldwide Poverty By 2030
Jubilant UN member states on Sunday put the finishing touches to a hugely ambitious roadmap aimed at wiping out poverty worldwide by 2030 and taking on climate change. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon lauded the hard-fought agreement, saying it “encompasses a universal, transformative and integrated agenda that heralds an historic turning point for our world.” […]
Somalia takes Kenya to International Court ‘ICJ’ over ocean territory
The Somali government has submitted its dispute with Kenya over their sea border to the International Court of Justice. The disputed ocean territory stretches for more than 100,000 sq km. Tests have shown potential reserves of gas in the area. The dispute has been going on for the last six years, keeping investors away because […]
ISIS linked Boko Haram shows the beheading of Nigerian troops
Boko Haram has set a terrifying new precedent by releasing its first gruesome video of a beheading since it pledged allegiance to ISIS. The video adopts many of the same style-points as the hundreds of barbaric videos released by ISIS over the last year. The ‘west Africa’ insignia in the top-left corner suggests the terror […]
Fake Drugs Endangering Somali Lives
Unlicensed clinics and pharmacies with unqualified staff have been dispencing counterfeit and expired medicines that are making people sick and endangering the lives of Somalis. The sick can be seen walking towards the hospital at dawn, before any other souls venture out onto the streets of Mogadishu. They move slowly, placing one shaky limb before […]
60 Members Of Kayole’s ‘GAZA’ GANG Surrender To Police
Sixty gang members of Kayole estate’s gang ‘Gaza’ have surrendered to authorities. The youths, some of them teenagers and others still in early twenties, left the criminal gang after being offered amnesty by police. They presented themselves to authorities at Njiru shopping centre on Monday, where they also denounced the gang and vowed to be […]
Burundi Confirms Peacekeepers Killed in Al-Shabaab Raid
Burundi Military Spokesman Colonel Gaspard Baratuza has confirmed that his country has lost soldiers in Al Shabaab attack on AMISOM base in Somalia. Al Shabaab said it has killed over 50 African union soldiers in Lego near the capital Mogadishu on Friday. AMISOM confirmed the attack through its official twitter account but did not give […]
British Muslim convert, White Beast shot dead by Kenyan troops
The shadows are lengthening in the bushland of northern Kenya as two cells of Al Qaeda inspired Al Shabaab fighters come together for their final briefing in the hours before launching a blood fuelled terror attack. At their very heart is the heavily bearded British Muslim-convert Thomas Evans, a large dagger tucked behind the ammunition […]
Al-Shabab attacks diplomat convoy in Mogadishu
A military vehicle escorting a United Arab Emirates’ diplomatic convoy was hit by a car bomb in Somalia’s capital, killing at least 12 people, police say. The UAE ambassador survived the suicide attack as he was riding in a bullet-proof land cruiser vehicle, the BBC’s Mohamed Moalimu reports from Mogadishu. The militant Islamist group al-Shabab […]
