(SomaliNet) As a massive influx of Somali refugees fleeing a brutal insurgency across the border stretches the facilities to breaking point, tension is rising at the sprawling Dadaab refugee camp complex in north-west Kenya, say United Nations officials.
Sources say the complex, made up of thre
(SomaliNet) After gangs killed three albinos for their body parts, albinos in Burundi have been forced to seek police protection, reports said.
According to the BBC, four albinos were taken to a provincial town, where they were being guarded by police.
The BBC quoted local police as saying two
(SomaliNet) The Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority (TFDA) said Thursday it was launching a shop to shop inspection to remove from the shelves all dairy products originating from China, just some few days after it had impounded 34 tonnes of poisonous milk imported from China.
TFDA public relations
(SomaliNet) The Daily Metro newspaper reported on Friday that a Kenyan court fined a Swiss tourist 10 000 shillings (about $130) for calling two police officers "black monkeys."
After being convicted on Thursday for breaching public peace by using the comment in the coastal town of Kilifi in Octo
(SomaliNet) Accusing a pair of British security officers of injuring two Sudanese guards in an argument about a car parking space, Sudan has expelled two Britons, Sudan’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
Reports say the two British officers, members of the British ambassador's protection team,
(SomaliNet) According to a new survey, Uganda has emerged one of the fastest reforming countries in the area of governance.
The latest Mo Ibrahim Index of African Governance, says Uganda takes the 19 slot out of 48 countries surveyed in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Uganda scored 58.3 per cent based
(SomaliNet) Following recent attacks by the rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has renewed calls for the arrest of LRA leader Joseph Kony.
“Kony, just as he has many times in the past, uses the peace talks to gain time and
(SomaliNet) More than 20 women were arrested and beaten on Tuesday for allegedly dressing inappropriately under a new edict against "bad behaviour," a southern Sudan cabinet minister said.
"Between 20 and 30 girls were picked up from different points. They were hurled into police lorries, arreste
(SomaliNet) Omar Hassan al-Bashir, Sudan's President said on Thursday that war crimes allegations against him were fabricated and the people would decide in elections next year if the country's rulers were criminals.
The International Criminal Court's (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo ask
(SomaliNet) After recent threats stemming from the country's involvement in the African peacekeeping mission in Somalia,Uganda's security services have been placed on high alert.
"Our … peacekeeping operations have made some characters there unhappy," said Kale Kayihura, Uganda's police chief.
