A few basic facts about Africa indicate that this continent is the world’s most important and strategic place on earth—facts that only Africans are not aware of, disregard or both! Let’s look at the facts: Between 2010 and 2014, African leaders were invited to at least seven Africa summits, organized by foreign governments, to discuss…

Kenya’s police chief said on Thursday Somalia-based Islamist group Al-Shabaab has split into two groups competing for recruits, warning against attacks during the Christmas period. Inspector-General of Kenyan Police, Joseph Boinnet, said Al-Shabaab had spit into two groups, with one still pledging allegiance to Al-Qaeda, the other to the Islamic State of Iraq and the…

Hundreds of newly trained al-Shabab fighters perform military exercises in the Lafofe, Somalia, Feb. 17, 2011 About 200 Islamic extremist fighters have split from Somalia’s al-Shabab rebels, who are allied to al-Qaeda, and have instead pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), Kenya’s police chief said Thursday. The splinter group…

Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh. The United States has urged the Djibouti ruling party and Opposition to resume negotiations ahead of the 2016 elections, in which president Omar Guelleh is seeking a controversial fourth term. The United States has urged the Djibouti ruling party and Opposition to resume negotiations ahead of the 2016 elections, in…

President Ismail Omar Guelleh DJIBOUTI  – Djibouti’s president predicted that routing battle-hardened militants in Somalia would be hard and take a longer time than expected, as the militant group continue deadly guerrilla attacks across the horn of Africa nation. Djibouti contributed one contingent to the African Union forces fighting the Al-Qaeda linked Al-Shabab group, becoming…

HARGEISA-— Hon. Haji Abdikarim Husein Abdi Warabe, member of Somaliland’s house of elders who left to the neighboring countries on medical grounds has today returned to Hargeisa. Mr. Abdi Warabe has been suffering from an ailment that caused him to be taken to Ethiopia. Mr. Abdi Warabe is among the members of Somaliland elders who…

Banal scene in Somaliland. A few dozen kilometers from the capital Hargeisa, the bus driver leaves his vehicle out of age snore on the low side time a policeman boarded. At the front of the vehicle, a man yells to the passenger ticket price and a series of numbers. The weapon official sits down and…

Ayan and her family traveled to Gargara, Awdal region, Somaliland, five years ago, and have been living in a temporary settlement in the village ever since. Her family used to own livestock, but lost most of them during the recent droughts. Photo by: Felicity McCabe / Save the Children Somaliland, a self-declared state and autonomous…