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South Sudan's army has retaken an eastern town captured by rebels two weeks ago, a military spokesperson says.
The Somali community in Minnesota is having a mixed reaction to sentences handed down last week in the long-running investigations into recruiting for al-Shabaab.
Two women convicted of conspiring to send money to al-Shabaab in Somalia have been given prison sentences in federal court.
A warlord in southern Somalia's Jubaland region has declared himself "president" of the region, leaders have said.
Police in Rwanda say a four-story building that was under construction collapsed, killing at least three workers and injuring 21 more people.
Three Emiratis arrested in Tanzania after a deadly attack on a church there a week ago have been freed and are back home, a report says.
A general who asked questions about President Yoweri Museveni's succession plans faces arrest, a spokesperson for the military said
Rape is on the rise in Somaliland, an area traditionally considered a refuge from violence.
As many as 3 000 AU peacekeepers have been killed in Somalia in recent years in an attempt to end an Islamist insurgency, the UN says.
Somalia's armed forces have not received "a single bullet" despite the partial listing of a UN arms embargo because the country lacks funds, its defence minister says.
Somalia has asked for more funds at a London conference to aid its recent gains in security and justice.
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has spoken with his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir in a bid to ease tensions after deadly clashes in Abyei, a region claimed by both sides, officials say.
Seven people have been killed after a suicide bomber attempted to ram a car laden with explosives into a military convoy escorting a four-member Qatari delegation.
More than 130 people have been killed in the latest outbreak of tribal fighting in western Sudan’s Darfur, a tribal leader says.
Sudanese insurgents have carried out their first combined attack, a surprise push into a strategic and previously peaceful region.
