West-Africa
U.S. Adds Nigeria to Child Soldiers List, Risking Military Aid Cuts
Nigeria has been placed on the United States’ 2026 list of countries where armed forces, security services or government-backed groups are identified…
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Somalia
Somali Electoral Commission Sets Timetable for Galmudug Leadership Election
Dhusamareb (AX) — Galmudug’s parliamentary and regional leadership elections will take place over seven days in October 2026, Somalia’s National Independent Electoral…
Central-Africa
Somali Was Deliberately Written Down; AI Is Learning It by Accident
Artificial intelligence is learning Somali from a narrow, accidental fragment of the internet—and the weaknesses are already visible. Somali institutions should treat…
West-Africa
Nigeria Plane Crash Aftermath Raises Fears of Water Contamination
Fear of contaminated drinking water is mounting in Igbokoda, Ondo State, after a Nigerian Air Force plane crashed on October 5, killing…
Somalia
Federal government sanctions former South West leader, nine others over alleged al-Shabab financial links
Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia’s federal government has ordered banks and other financial institutions to freeze the assets of former South West State…
Somalia
Immigration Agents Conduct Search at Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s Home
US immigration agents searched the Washington-area home of Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar on Monday as part of a federal criminal investigation, according…
East-Africa
Somalia Quarantines Citizen Who Traveled With Ebola Victim
FILE PHOTO Mogadishu (AX) — Somali health authorities have placed a citizen in quarantine after learning that he traveled with a passenger…
East-Africa
Somalia Maintains Neutrality as Ethiopia-Eritrea Tensions Escalate
Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia is keeping its distance from the mounting dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea, warning that renewed fighting in northern…
Somalia
Somali-born Sagal Abdi-Wali sworn in as British MP after by-election
Sagal Abdi-Wali has taken her seat in the British House of Commons after being sworn in as the new MP for Holborn…
East-Africa
Ethiopia Holds Somali-Trained Soldiers as Officials Work to Arrange Their Return
Jigjiga (AX) — Ethiopia’s Somali Regional State has acknowledged for the first time that troops trained by Somalia’s federal government crossed into…
West-Africa
Nigerian Court Approves Inquest Into Death of Chimamanda’s Son
The Lagos State High Court has allowed a coroner’s inquest into the death of Nkanu Esege, son of celebrated Nigerian author Chimamanda…
