East Africa

MOGADISHU, Somalia - No less than three individuals have been killed and a number of other others injured on Sunday after al-Shabaab militants attacked intelligence officers within the Somali capital, Mogadishu, police stated. Captain Hassan Ahmed, a senior police officer, has confirmed to Axadlethat gunmen on bikes opened fireplace on undercover brokers guarding surveillance cameras on the Dabka junction. "The pre-dawn assault resulted within the deaths of two intelligence brokers and a militant, whereas not less…

MOGADISHU, Somalia Somalia's prime minister promised on Saturday to type a authorities that might combat corruption and search to revive religion within the rule of regulation within the long-chaotic Horn of Africa. The Prime Minister's assertion got here throughout a visit to key financial sources in Mogadishu, together with the port, to debate the financial scenario with the finance minister, the central financial institution governor and the related authorities. That is the primary time that the brand new Prime…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somali navy has introduced {that a} senior commander of the militant group, Al-Shabaab, was killed on Sunday in a particular operation by the US-trained DANAB unit within the south of the nation. State media, citing named officers, reported that Abdullahi Osman alias Dhega-Adde, al-Shabaab's officer with the media wing, was killed in a covert assault carried out within the Center Jubba area. The slain commander was an essential determine within the al-Qaeda-linked group in Somalia, and his…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia and the UN on Saturday praised the function performed by Somali girls in peace, safety and governance because the world celebrated the twentieth anniversary of UN Safety Council Decision 1325. Hanifa Mohamed Ibrahim, Minister for Girls and Human Rights Growth, mentioned the federal government ought to now create new avenues for Somali girls of all generations to return collectively for the long run, praising the function girls have performed in Somali politics and peace-building. "From…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - On Saturday, the King Salman Humanitarian Support and Reduction Heart handed over the development of the dialysis heart at Banadir Hospital within the Somali capital Mogadishu to the Federal Ministry of Well being and Welfare of the Federal Republic of Somalia. The Heart will, on the request of the Somali Ministry of Well being, be used as a short lived headquarters for the examination and remedy of individuals with Coronavirus, supplied that the mission is accomplished. After completion of…

The opposition is looking for brand spanking new elections, the dismantling of the Electoral Fee and peaceable protests to problem the outcomes of Wednesday's parliamentary elections. In response to the ultimate outcomes revealed on Friday, the CCM - the ruling celebration - gained virtually the entire 264 seats in parliament. John Magufuli, nicknamed Bulldozer, was re-elected to a different presidency…

Serious concerns in Kenya over the second wave of Covid-19, which promises to be more virulent than the previous one. The number of positive cases now regularly exceeds the bar of one thousand per. Day, while the peak recorded in July during the first wave had not exceeded 960 cases. The Kenyan government could soon adopt stricter measures.…

Tanzania's two major opposition events are calling for a re-election of Wednesday's election after allegations of widespread fraud, and they're calling on folks within the streets for an "infinite peaceable demonstration" beginning on Monday. The joint assertion on Saturday by the events CHADEMA and ACT Wazalendo comes hours after populist President John Magufuli was declared the winner of a second five-year time period. The ruling occasion additionally secured nearly each seat in parliament, giving it…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia-based Al-Shabaab militants have continued their infinite assaults on safety forces and focused key strategic factors within the Horn of Africa, regardless of the continued safety crackdown on them in varied components of the nation, it has emerged. Members of the Somali Nationwide Military , the African Union mission forces and the US African command have tracked down the militants in central and southern Somalia, however such an effort is but to dismantle the group, which nonetheless…

NAIROBI, Kenya - Two males have been crushed with harsh sentences by a court docket in Nairobi after prosecutors proved past affordable doubt that they labored carefully with Somalia-based Al-Shabaab militants who've been wreaking havoc throughout East Africa for the previous 14 years. A decide in Nairobi jailed the 2 for 18 and 33 years, respectively, simply over a month after they have been convicted of planning and finishing up the 2013 Westgate Mall assault, one of many lethal raids by militants on Kenyan soil.…