SOMALIA

It’s the first time ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack in Somalia, where al Qaeda affiliate al-Shabab has dominated the armed conflict scene.

Representatives of 171 countries signed a landmark climate accord Friday in New York. But it won't take effect until lawmakers in at least 55 nations ratify it.

Somali migrants travel through Sudan into Libya or Egypt, from where they set off in overcrowded, rickety boats that must sail through choppy seas.

Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke made the requests at a meeting Tuesday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

A group called “Jahba East Africa” has pledged allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, calling him the “rightful khalifa (leader) of all Muslims.”

Efforts to prevent money laundering and the financing of terrorists are being hampered by rules that make banks nervous.

The death of Hassan Ali Dhoore on Thursday marked a continuation of U.S. anti-terror efforts in the African nation.

An al-Shabab suicide bomber detonated his explosives while hugging a local official in Somalia's Puntland region and the blast blew both of them up.

The photos purportedly show Ugandan police groping women's breasts and private parts as they conducted body searches on soccer fans entering the Namboole stadium.

While most attention is focused on nearly 3 million Syrian refugees in Turkey, the country also hosts hundreds of thousands of others.

The Pentagon said airstrikes on al-Shabab's “Raso” training camp in Somalia killed more than 150 fighters, but the militant group disagrees.

Bombs were dropped and Hellfire missiles launched during an air assault on a training camp in Somalia, U.S. officials said Monday.

Uganda, however, has not yet mentioned the fate of the alternative plan for a crude oil pipeline through Kenya.

Al-Shabab recaptured the southern port city of Merca earlier this month, making it the largest city under the Islamic militant group’s control.

As a corrupt government lurks in the background, a new, homegrown initiative is promising jobs, education and other opportunities for impoverished Somalis.

Police Colonel Abdi Osman said the death toll was 17, mostly civilians, with 25 others injured.

The government says a truck bomb was detonated close to the entrance of a park near the Somali Youth League Hotel in Mogadishu.

Greece witnessed the arrival of an estimated 42,861 refugees in February alone, according to a report by the International Organization for Migration.

In a damning report released Monday, activists claim hundreds of people have been killed and thousands arrested since protests began in Ethiopia's Oromia region.

Widespread corruption is fueling fighting, as a growing number of Afghans are turning toward the Taliban for an alternative.

A local branch of the Catholic Charities in Minnesota said an ad firm agreed to take the billboard down because of its inaccuracy.