At least 20 people are killed and 31 others injured within 24 hours in heavy fighting between Somali rebels and government forces in the restive capital Mogadishu.

Tribal violence in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has sent 84,000 people fleeing across the border into the Republic of the Congo since last month, with the United Nations refugee agency reporting today that supplies

Post-war returnees in Magwi County in Eastern Equatoria have had relatively little help compared with those in other areas of Southern Sudan, say aid workers. Well after the Comprehensive Peace Agreement put an end to the war in 2005, Lord's

The "humanitarian nature" of the mass movement of Zimbabweans to neighbouring Southern African countries has blurred the distinction between what is a "refugee" and an "economic migrant", because such people fit neither category perfectly and fall between the cracks, a

At least three soldiers are killed and 8 others injured in a roadside bomb blast in Bossasso, the commercial port city of Somalia's Puntland state, officials said on Tuesday.

Somali refugees fleeing into Kenya following fierce fighting in their country will not be repatriated back to their country, an official from United Nations High Commission for Refugees has said.

The president of Somalia's Puntland State has appointed a new information minister.

The 2009 Muhammed Yahya Jammeh Zonal Cup final between the defending champions Bakau and Serrekunda East was brought to a premature end amid chaotic scenes with the latter leading 1-0 on Sunday.

BOSASO (Sh. M. Network) - Hundreds of people against the planned killings and explosions in Puntland demonstrate largely in Bosaso town in Bari region, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Tuesday.

Last week, Amnesty International, the leading international human rights advocacy group published its report, Nigeria: Killing at will: Extra-Judicial Executions and Other Unlawful Killings by the Police in Nigeria. The report ignited reactions ranging from citizen's confirmation and condemnation of

General Abdisamad Abdi Shire, the deputy president of the semi-autonomous region of Puntland has Tuesday said that the insecurity actions rising from the towns under the administration were behind by foreigners.

At least 4 soldiers have been killed and 9 others have been wounded in Bosaso town after land mine explosion targeted to Puntland' security troops vehicle as it was traveling in the town at midnight, witnesses told Shabelle radio on

Stakeholders in the Niger Delta region yesterday said the absence of the President, Umaru Musa Yar'adua may stall peace process in the region. Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Chief Don Etiebet, human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana said President Yar'adua's

The refusal of the Minister of State, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, to identify with the recent National Association of Ijaw Female Students (NAIFS) biannual convention in Abuja almost sparked off a violent protest by the students

The Gambia Armed Forces Football Club will start their 2009 CAF Champions League first round campaign against an Algerian opponents in JS Kabylie FC.

U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration will travel to Khartoum and Juba, Sudan; Stuttgart, Germany; and Brussels, Belgium from December 12-19, 2009.

Osman Elmi Boqore, the deputy speaker of the Transitional Federal parliament of Somalia has Sunday called for the TFG officials to assure the security of the legislators, just as clashes between the two rival sides continues in the Somali capital

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, over the weekend, welcomed the final edited report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). An Executive Mansion press statement signed by Presidential Press Secretary Cyrus W. Badio quoted the Liberian leader as saying that the

At least three people including two government soldiers have been killed and 4 others wounded at Derkenley district in Mogadishu after soldiers exchanged gunfire there in south of the capital, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Monday.