Intelligence services in Kenya were warned that al-Shabaab was planning terrorist attacks on high-profile targets in the east African country around Christmas and the new year, western and regional security officials have said.

The St. Paul City Council will vote on a resolution next week to name Kassim Busuri as the interim council member representing Ward 6.

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Afghan-born Sakandar Khan, 30, was among the first nine new Danish citizens who shook hands with Denmark’s immigration minister under a new law that makes a handshake the final step in the naturalization process.

At least 300 people have been killed in more than 20 attacks that the al-Shabab group has carried out in Kenya in the past five years.

Somalia President Mohamed Farmaajo has said his government is ready to cooperate with Kenya to eliminate terrorism.

Almoez Ali scored a brace as Qatar confirmed top spot in Group E with a memorable 2-0 win over Saudi Arabia in Abu Dhabi.

The European Union (EU) Military and Conduct Capability Director Lt. Gen. Esa Pulkkinen, has described the African Union Mission in Somalia as an indispensable peace support operation, without which the Horn of Africa country may not function optimally.

Nineteen people remain unaccounted for two days after Somali militants attacked a hotel complex in Nairobi and killed at least 21 people, the Red Cross said on Thursday, raising the possibility of a considerably higher death toll.

Qatar donated 68 armored vehicles to Somalia on Thursday, Qatar’s Defense Ministry said.

Two prime suspects have been arrested as detectives swing into action following the terror attack at the DusitD2 complex on 14 Riverside Drive, Nairobi.

Russian President Vladimir Putin heads a powerful delegation to Serbia on Thursday, aiming to cement co-operation with a country seeking to join the EU.

T. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) — Afro Deli announced Wednesday it will offer free meals to federal employees for the duration of the partial government shutdown.

Kenyan security forces have killed all five attackers who stormed an upscale Nairobi hotel complex, taking at least 21 lives and causing hundreds ….

ACROSS THE Horn of Africa evidence is mounting that relations with Gulf countries are growing stronger. Last month representatives from Djibouti, Sudan and Somalia gathered in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, to discuss the creation of a new Red Sea security alliance.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Wednesday that securities forces had killed all the «terrorists» involved in an attack on a hotel complex that left 14 people dead.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Grief-stricken Kenyans flocked to a morgue in the capital, Nairobi, on Wednesday to look for loved ones among at least 15 people killed in a militant attack on a hotel complex, as workers still trapped pleaded for help.

Cracks are starting to show in the United Arab Emirates’ banking sector as a property and retail slump take its toll on lenders.

It was September 2010, when the then US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Johnnie Carson, revealed the Obama administration’s US foreign policy towards Somalia, the “dual track approach.”

Al-shabaab terrorists on Tuesday afternoon stormed at the 14 Riverside place in Kenya where they held members of the public on hostage.

Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal has been rejected by 230 votes - the largest defeat for a sitting government in history.

Gunmen blasted their way into a hotel and office complex in the Kenyan capital on Tuesday, killing at least 15 people and sending workers diving under desks from an attack claimed by Somali Islamist group al Shabaab.

The attackers arrived using a car, KCN 340E, and another vehicle that advanced further in.

The Al-Shabaab Islamist group in Somalia on Tuesday claimed responsibility for an ongoing attack in the Kenyan capital, according to the SITE Intelligence Group which monitors jihadist activities.

An incident believed to be a terror attack occurred in Nairobi Tuesday afternoon, targeting one of the most secure locations in the capital.

Witnesses have reported explosions and heavy gunfire at a hotel complex in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.

A total of 90 leaders of home-grown Somali companies have received this year’s awards for the successes they continue to make in promoting the country’s economy, sources said Monday.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, have discussed the situation in northern Syria over the phone amid rising tensions over the fate of Kurdish fighters in the war-torn country

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Protesters in Ethiopia's northeastern Afar region have blocked the landlocked country's main route to the sea to demonstrate against surging ethnic violence, organizers said on Monday.

The Somali Lower House voted today to amend the constitution to allow foreign nationals to govern the Central Bank.

Charge d’Affaires at the Embassy of Somalia in Lusaka, Mr Ahmed Abdirahman Sheikh Nur has revealed that the his country is looking for areas to invest in within the COMESA region.

Three suspects accused of masterminding deadly Westgall Mall attack in 2013 have a case to answer, a Nairobi court ruled on Monday.

(CNN)Ole Gunnar Solskjaer faced his first real test as Manchester United's caretaker manager against a top four English Premier League side on Sunday

The Ethiopian army on Sunday morning (January 13) started an aerial operation targeting areas in western Oromia believed to be he held by ex-rebel group, Oromo Liberation Front, OLF.

(CNN)President Donald Trump said Sunday the US would «devastate Turkey economically» if the NATO-allied country attacks Kurds in the region.

A group organising anti-government protests across Sudan vowed to stage new demonstrations on Sunday, including for the first time in the war-torn region of Darfur.