At least 15 people, including an assistant minister, have been killed after al Shabaab stormed a government building in the heart of the capital Mogadishu . Read more »

Somali leaders say Kenyan troops started withdrawing from Somalia after moving out of Busar, Kenya Defence Forces's command centre in the northern sector of Jubaland, a town that ... Read more »

Amnesty International has released a civilian casualty report which includs accounts from 65 eyewitness interviews, several photos, satellite imagery and social media posts as ... Read more »

Tanzania will launch an international gold trading centre in the gold-rich region of Geita, the centre is among reforms introduced in the mining sector in the past three years to ... Read more »

Kenyan MPs are calling for an investigation into the government's proposed expenditure on a wire mesh fence between Kenyan and Somalia, to keep out Al-Shabaab militants, saying ... Read more »

Uganda is the latest East African country to threaten to withdraw Uganda's forces from the peacekeeping mission in Somalia if the United Nations insists on reducing the number of ... Read more »

Ethiopia has stepped in to help resolve the latest diplomatic row between Kenya and Somalia over a triangle of disputed maritime territory in the Indian Ocean. Read more »

The cabinet has agreed on a roadmap for resolving a maritime border dispute with Somalia. Cabinet also discussed measures for safeguarding Kenya's territorial integrity and marine ... Read more »

Five young men accused of gang-raping a woman in Galkayo, the regional capital of Mudug region in central Somalia, have been sentenced to death by a court in Nugal region. Read more »

Police have said that 25 people, mostly civilians died in the two car bomb blasts, with over 80 injured - this as a gun battle is raging between militant group Al-Shabaab and the ... Read more »