OPINION: Ability to store insulin without refrigeration a game-changer in refugee camps

By Guest Writer,

By Sharon Kiburi Management of diabetes, a condition requiring daily injection of insulin, is much easier with development of drugs that can be sto...

Diabetes , insulin , MSF

Gunfire erupts in Mogadishu as Somali government forces seal off streets

By Reuters,

A gunbattle erupted on Friday in central Mogadishu as Somali government forces sealed off streets to prevent a protest over delayed elections, hours a...

New locust swarms form in northern Somalia

By Citizen Reporter,

New immature locust swarms continue to slowly form from breeding in Puntland, Somalia where hopper bands persist near the coast. According to the F...

locust swarms

OMAR: Kenya key to Somaliland growth and push for international recognition

By Guest Writer,

Bashe Omar Awil Last December, Somaliland President Muse Bihi visited Kenya on invitation from President Uhuru Kenyatta eliciting varied reaction fro...

Diplomatic ties , kenya , President Muse Bihi , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Somaliland

9 killed in seven-hour siege at popular Hotel Afrik in Mogadishu

By VOA,

Somalia’s government announced the end of a seven-hour deadly siege at Hotel Afrik in Mogadishu Sunday night, which left nine people dead. Mohame...

afrik , shabaab

Kenya denies role in Somalia’s internal conflict

By VOA,

Kenya has denied accusations by Somalia that it is stirring up a conflict between the Somali federal government and Jubaland state, where fighting kil...

somalia

PROFILE: Ngele Ali, holding space for communities to use their own voices

By Guest Writer,

By Patience Nyange and Esther Kirago Ngele Ali is an award-winning media, communications for development and advocacy expert with over 20 years of ...

ngele ali

Kenya welcomes findings of probe into diplomatic conflict with Somalia

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Kenya has welcomed a report of the Fact Finding Mission that was established to look into issues surrounding the diplomatic tension with Somalia. T...

kenya , somalia

Uganda ends house arrest of defeated opposition leader Bobi Wine

By Reuters,

Ugandan troops have withdrawn from around the home of opposition leader and pop star Bobi Wine, ending his house arrest since a Jan. 14 election won b...

Bobi Wine , President Yoweri Museveni , uganda

Kenya writes to AU Commission following renewed fighting at Somalia border

By Ian Omondi,

The country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has now expressed concern over renewed fighting in Bula Hawa town, in the northern part of Gedo Region, a fe...

AFRICAN UNION , Bula Hawa , Kenya-Somalia border

Govt says it is in control of desert locust swarms

By Dennis Otieno,

Since the beginning of September last year, the East African region was facing an acute food security following a second wave of desert locust invasio...

Locust swarms spotted in Marsabit as Kenya braces for havoc

By Reuters,

Desert locust swarms have reappeared in East Africa to the dismay of farmers and villagers who witnessed them wreak havoc on their crops and pasture i...

desert locusts , locusts

Bobi Wine, still under house arrest, says no food left for relative’s baby

By Citizen Reporter,

Besieged opposition leader Bobi Wine has revealed that he has been under house arrest with an 18 month-old-baby whose food has run out. Taking to T...

bobi , Museveni , uganda

U.S. military pulls last troops out of Somalia

By VOA,

The United States military has completed withdrawing troops from Somalia, according to the U.S. Africa Command. Also Read: US President Donald Trum...

Africom , Al Shabaab , somalia

Mandera Governor Ali Roba clashes with security officials over Al Shabaab presence

By Raquel Muigai,

Mandera Governor Ali Roba has accused the security forces in the county of laxity, leading to increasingly high levels of insecurity in the region. ...

Al Shabaab , Governor Ali Roba , insecurity , Mandera

Facebook accounts for top Uganda officials shut down

By Agencies,

Facebook has shut down accounts of top Uganda officials who are said to have manipulated public debate ahead of elections on Thursday. Also Read: T...

bobi , facebook , Museveni , uganda

First wave of desert locust swarms invades Kenya

By Citizen Reporter,

On 21 December, immature desert locust swarms from the north first arrived in northeast Kenya where they were seen southwest of Mandera. In the fol...

desert locusts

Kenya Special Forces kill three Al-Shabaab militants in raid at Boni Forest

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya Defence Special Forces soldiers early Sunday raided and destroyed an Al-Shabaab terrorist group camp in the vast Boni Forest, Lamu County. Th...

Al Shabaab , Boni Forest , Kenya Defence Special Forces , Lamu County

President Uhuru Kenyatta at IGAD summit in Djibouti

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta joined other regional leaders for the 38th Extra-Ordinary Summit of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Inte...

IGAD , Uhuru kenyatta

Massive ‘sea base’ ship joins effort to withdraw U.S. troops from Somalia

By Reuters,

The U.S. continues to remove troops from Somalia following President Donald Trump’s directive earlier this month. Also Read: US President Donald ...

shabaab , somalia