The Somali fisherman abducted and abandoned in Paris
By Catherine Zemmouri
BBC Africa, Paris
A 35-year-old Somali fisherman, wrongly accused by the French government of being a pirate, has spent five lonely years in...
UN envoy, Somali President call for an end to Kismayo fighting
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud and UN envoy Nicholas Kay on Saturday called for an immediate cessation of fighting between rival militia in the...
Ethiopia to press ahead with dam project despite Egypt’s warning
Ethiopia will press ahead with the construction of its Grand Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile River, officials have said. This is after Egypt...
Egypt warns 'all options open' on Ethiopia dam
Egypt will demand that Ethiopia stop construction of a Nile river dam and warned "all options are open" if it harms its water supply,...
Two unmanned US drones crash in Somalia
These photos show the remaining pieces of the unmanned US surveillance drone and also show fighters celebrating the US loss of one of its...