According to the president of Somalia, two vehicle explosions occurred on Saturday in the country’s capital, Mogadishu, leaving at least 100 people dead and 300 injured. The data were released by Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Sunday, along with a warning that “the number of both the dead and wounded continues to climb.” The capital’s busy Zobe intersection was the target of the... 

Leader of the Zimbabwe opposition MDC Tsvangirai has called on president Mugabe to resign. “In the interest of the people of Zimbabwe, Mr Robert Mugabe must resign,” Tsvangirai said, calling for a negotiated process to ease Zimbabwe through the transition of power. Zimbabwe’s former Prime Minister Morgan has reportedly returned to the country, as he was seen flying to the capital of... 

Photo shows African Union soldiers walking in a region south of the capital, Mogadishu, Somalia. The African Union (AU)’s Peace and Security Council has proposed to dispatch 5,000 peacekeepers to Burundi amid the deadly violence that has killed hundreds in the country. According to an unnamed diplomat, the decision was made late Thursday. Burundi says a peacekeeping mission is not needed. “We have... 

Al-Shabab militants in Somalia. Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab militants have attacked an African Union (AU) base in Janale district, near Mogadishu. The militants reportedly rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the base before storming the compound on Tuesday. The AU says its forces managed to fend off the attack. The AU force in Somalia, known as AMISOM, said AU troops were in control of... 

President Obama’s claim he could win a third term was debunked by a poll showing only 26% would vote for him again. The Monmouth University poll released Monday also revealed that 68% would vote for someone else if the Constitution allowed Obama to run a third term. The poll proves Obama wrong not long after he told members of the African Union he could win again. “Under our Constitution, I cannot... 

Somali army soldiers stand around the body of a killed al-Shabab militant on July 10, 2015 following an attack on a hotel in Mogadishu. African Union (AU) forces have launched a fresh offensive against al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab militants in southern Somalia, vowing to flush out the terrorists. AU’s mission in Somalia, AMISOM, announced in a statement that “Operation Jubba Corridor” begun... 

France has said it is planning to reinforce its troops in the Central African Republic (CAR) by sending 400 more soldiers to the former French colony. French President Francois Hollande’s office said on Friday in a statement that the additional troops would join the 1,600 French soldiers already stationed in the CAR. The decision was made after a meeting of a top defense committee in the Élysée... 

Photo taken on September 12, 2012 shows the Jazeera hotel in Mogadishu as AMISOM (African Union Mission in Somalia) forces stand guard after a bomb exploded while newly elected Somali president Hasan Sheikh Mahmud was staying. At least 11 people have been killed and 17 others wounded in three bomb blasts that hit the Somali capital Mogadishu. The attacks were carried out late on Wednesday near Jazeera... 

France has begun deploying troops to the north and east of the Central African Republic (CAR) to join an African-led stabilization force in the violence-stricken country. “The French forces, pre-positioned in Cameroon, have crossed the border and have started reconnaissance missions in the east,” French army spokesman, Gilles Jarron, announced on Saturday. Jarron further stated that the French... 

African heads of state have taken part in a summit meeting on relations with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Ethiopian capital city of Addis Ababa. The summit kicked off on Saturday, with the African leaders urging the international body not to prosecute the continent’s incumbent heads of state. They also called on the ICC to defer the trials of presidents of Kenya and Sudan. Kenyan... 

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has won most of the parliamentary seats in the general elections, says a senior source in the ruling party ZANU-PF. ZANU-PF party spokesman Rugare Gumbo announced on Friday that Mugabe has won way over 50 percent of the 210 parliamentary seats. The opposition MDC party, which is led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, won only 10 seats. Election results also showed... 

Tuareg rebels in northern Mali The United Nations Security Council has approved foreign military intervention in Mali to help the Malian government battle the militants controlling the northern part of the West African country. On Thursday, the 15-member council authorized an initial one-year-long deployment of African Union forces in the country. The resolution, drafted by France, also authorized... 

Military forces of the African Union are ready to enter the north of Mali to suppress Islamist uprisings. The plan of the operation aimed at restoration of legitimate authority must be submitted to the UN by November 27. So far, the West only promised to help with the logistics, but the strong army of Chad that has experience of conducting military actions in the desert and air force is ready to fight... 

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (R) and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton brief the press following a meeting at the Mouradia Palace, Algiers, October 29, 2012. The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has met with Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to pressure his country to lend support to a potential military intervention in northern Mali. Clinton paid a one-day visit to the... 

French Defense Ministe, Jean-Yves Le Drian French Defense Minister says an African intervention in its former colony Mali is a matter of weeks, not months following Paris’ persistent lobbying for the initiative. “It’s a matter of weeks, not months, weeks,” Jean-Yves Le Drian said in a televised interview on Tuesday. Le Drian reiterated that his country would only give “logistical...