The UN Security Council has unanimously extended the mandate of the AU Mission in Somalia or African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) with a key strategic objective to eliminate the terrorist group Al-Shabaab. The council’s action comes amidst an AU Peace and Security Council decision that African forces should start withdrawing from the mission from […]

The African Union has said it will withdraw troops battling Islamist militants from Somalia. The mission to help secure the country has faced funding shortfalls. The African Union announced on Thursday it was planning to pull out all of its 22,000 troops from Somalia and hand over security to local forces in less than four […]

African forces in Somalia, of which the Kenya Defence Forces are a part, should start withdrawing from October 2018, the African Union has said. The African Peace and Security Council said the two-year period would allow proper establishment of necessary facilities for the handover of African Union Mission (Amisom) to the Somali forces. The details […]

Benjamin Netanyahu embarks on four-country tour, becoming first Israeli prime minister to visit continent in 30 years Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in Uganda at the start of a four-country trip to East Africa, becoming the first Israeli prime minister to visit the continent in at least 30 years. Arriving at Uganda’s Entebbe’s airport on Monday, […]

State Department, WNY native Stephen M. Schwartz takes oath Monday as U.S. ambassador to Somalia from Deputy Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken. Joining in the ceremony are Schwartz’s wife, Kristy Cook, and the couple’s children, Jonas and Hannah. / U.S. Department of State WASHINGTON – The first U.S. ambassador to Somalia since the “Black […]

Voters have voted in favor of Brexit: British exit from the European Union. That means that in the coming months, British and European leaders will begin negotiating the terms of Britain’s departure. Britain’s exit will affect the British economy, immigration policy, and lots more. It will take years for the full consequences to become clear. […]