Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya's president, has said the al-Shabab assault that killed 148 people at a university is an "attack on humanity" and vowed to take harsh measures against what he called "extremists". Kenyatta also declared three days of national mourning on Saturday, in a televised speech deliv...

Somalis living in Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp are asking the government to reconsider its decision to close it. The Kenyan government has given the UN three months to move the camp into Somalia. The move comes only days after fighters of al-Shabab, the Somali-based armed group, killed 148 peop...

UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, thanks IKEA customers and co-workers for supporting ‘Brighter Lives for Refugees’, a global cause-related campaign that raised €10.8¬ million for refugees this year. The campaign ran in IKEA stores globally from 1 February to 29 March 2015. During this period, for every...

At least 46 people have been killed in the Yemeni capital after Saudi-led air strikes targeted a suspected weapons base held by Houthi fighters. Health officials told Al Jazeera on Monday that more than 300 people were wounded when warplanes reportedly struck a Scud missile base in Faj Attan, a d...

The newly formed Parliament of Jubbaland which was sworn in recently is set to be inaugurated on Saturday amid controversy surrounding how the selection process was carried out. Officials of the Jubbaland presidency who spoke to Wacaal.com on condition of anonymity confirmed that the inauguration ce...

Fierce fighting has been raging between Yemen's rival factions in the south of the country a day after Ali Abdullah Saleh, the former president, urged his allies to withdraw from the areas they have captured. The factions are trying to gain more ground in Dar Saad, a district near the southern po...

Yemen's former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, has formally announced an alliance with Houthi fighters for the first time, after the Arab coalition launched two air strikes on his home in the capital, Sanaa. Saleh, who was forced to step aside in 2012 following a year of deadly nationwide protest...

At least 10 people have been reported killed in a fighting between two clans in Hiiraan region of central Somalia on Wednesday, Garowe Online reports. The recurrent deadly clashes raged between the two clan militias in the village of Deefow according to witnesses. There are wounded fighters from the...

UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres last night completed a visit to Kenya and Somalia where he met with the Presidents of the two countries, as well as Somali refugees and returnees. Speaking in Nairobi Mr. Guterres said, "We reached a common understanding with the Presidents of K...

Spain's top prosecutor has asked police to investigate claims by an al-Qaeda informant that he forewarned Yemeni officials of a 2007 car bomb attack at Yemen's Balqis Temple that killed 10 people, including eight Spanish tourists. A Spanish police investigation into the claims made by Hani Muhamm...