Veteran opposition leader Odinga ahead in Kenya’s presidential race- official results
Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga led Kenya's presidential race, official election results showed on Saturday, pushing Deputy President William Ruto into second place.
With just...
Somaliland opposition threatens to form interim govt, president bans protests
HARGEISA (Somaliguardian) – Somaliland opposition leaders said on Thursday they would engage in consultation with the break-away region’s political stakeholders to form an interim...
Novelist Salman Rushdie on ventilator after New York stabbing
Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist who spent years in hiding after Iran urged Muslims to kill him because of his writing, was stabbed in...
First rigging allegation as Kenyan media slow tally of votes in tight presidential race
Without providing any proof, the secretary-general of Kenya's governing party has said there was election rigging, fuelling public anxiety on Friday as media outlets...
Somaliland: 3 killed, 89 injured in opposition protests
HARGEISA (Somaliguardian) - At least three people were killed and 89 others wounded in clashes between security forces and opposition protests demanding timely presidential...
Al-Shabaab militants reach border between Ethiopia’s Somali, Oromia regions
NAIROBI (Somaliguardian) - Fighters of the Al-Qaeda-linked militant group Al-Shabaab reached a mountainous area along the border between Ethiopia’s Somali and Oromia regions, VOA...
Ethiopia forging ties with Somalia’s regional states in attempt to undermine FGS
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - Ethiopia’s government has recently begun inviting several Somali regional leaders to Addis Ababa for talks on closer ties in what analysts...
Early signs show tight Kenyan presidential election
Preliminary results from Kenya's presidential election showed a tight race between the two main candidates vying to replace outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta.
The Tuesday election...
US military carries out fresh air strike in central Somalia’s Hiran region – state TV
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) - The United States carried out a fresh air strike in central Somalia’s Hiran region where clashes between Al-Shabaab insurgents and government...
Somali president holds ‘fruitful’ talks with Ugandan counterpart
NAIROBI (Somaliguardian) - Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud held fruitful talks with his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni during a three-day official state visit to...