In January, Mumino Haji, 30, fled the fighting between Ethiopian-backed government troops and insurgents in Mogadishu to seek shelter in Beletweyne in Hiiraan region, 320km north of the capital. Haji arrived with eight children, aged between two and 14 years,

President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga were Monday praised for putting Kenyans interests ahead of their personal ambitions and ending the post-election violence that rocked the country after the disputed presidential elections.

A four-day Zonal Strategic Planning Meeting on Conflict Prevention and Peace-bulding, organised by the Ecowas Commission, kicked-off yesterday, at the Jerma Beach Hotel, Kololi.

Sharm El-The prime minister of Angola, Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos Monday analysed, in Sharm El-Sheikh city (Egypt), with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, the return of Angolans who are still residing in the Republic

Niger Delta Youths have called on all the South-South people to reject the proposed Niger Delta Summit.

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has called for immediate removal of Professor Ibrahim Gambari, as Chairman of the proposed Niger Delta Summit.

President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga were yesterday praised for putting Kenya's interests ahead of their personal ambitions and ending the post election violence.

A well-known clan elder was shot and killed in the city of Galkayo, 750km north of Mogadishu and is governed by the Puntland administration.

Sixty kilometres South East of Mbarara town, lies Nakivale refugee settlement camp.

The United States State Department has urged the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to renew the contract of Maj. Gen. Emmanuel Karenzi Karake, the Deputy Force Commander for the AU/UN Hybrid Force in Darfur (UNAMID).

The African Union Peace and Security Council has prepared a report about the humanitarian and security situation in Somalia.

The meeting between Vice President Goodluck Jonathan and elders of the Niger Delta over Prof. Ibrahim Gambari's appointment as chairman, Steering Committee, Niger Delta Summit, has ended in a deadlock.

The Niger Delta crisis has remained intractable because crude oil smugglers are the ones sponsoring militant activities in the region, Vice-President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan said in Abuja yesterday. Speaking at a meeting of the Honorary International Investors Council at the

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, yesterday expressed concerns over the vigour with which the Federal Government has continued to deploy warships as well as military personnel to the troubled Niger Delta.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and National Security of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia [TFG] has said that plans are under way to curb rising insecurity in Somalia.

As the Peace Recovery and Development Plan for Northern Uganda picks momentum and hundreds of formerly displaced persons in the Acholi sub-region are returning home, scores of them have refused to return saying they are uncertain of their survival in

The Department of Home Affairs has implemented a number of measures to ensure asylum seekers receive the best possible service.

Fatima (not her real name) thought her son was dead until she saw his name in the newspaper. He was among about 90 children listed as participants in a rebel attack near the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, in May, which reportedly

The seventh Gambian contingent (GAMCOY 7), comprising 196 members of the Gambia Armed Forces, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Sainey Bayo, left Gambian soil at 5:00 am this morning, for the Sudanese troubled region of Darfur. The latest contingent

Kenya on Sunday offered to help the warring political factions in Zimbabwe reach a negotiated settlement that would provide a power sharing deal between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.