South Africa asking UNSCR for permission to sell Umkhonto surface to air missiles to Iran
3,000 migrants rescued off Libya: Italy coastguard
Several hand grenades were thrown into police station in Mogadishu's Karaan district. Somalia
Unidentified assailants have shot and killed a woman in Mogadishu's Karaan district, killers escaped before police arrived.
Afghanistan: Al-Qaeda's General Command gives full support and blessing for the unification of Sahel/Mali jihadist factions into JNIM
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 74km WSW of Utete, Tanzania
Somali national intelligence has found a car which is packed with explosives in Adado city, the interim seat of Galmudug state.
Radio Shabelle reporter, Mahad Mutawakil has been wounded in Mogadishu's Tarabunka junction-sources
1.6 Million people have fled violence and hunger in South Sudan. The rate of new displacement is alarming
Gunmen have shot wounded a radio journalist in Mogadishu
Explosion heard in Baidoa town lies about 250Km west of Mogadishu
Alshabaab attacks a Somali army base in Qoryooley district. Somalia
AU chief, Moussa Faki visits at Somalia's presidential palace, he's in a meeting right now. Somalia
King of Morocco names Saad Eddine El Othmani from Islamist PJD party as new prime minister
Death toll in boat attack off Yemen coast hits 42: IOM
Shot from Dynamic Manta - NATO's anti-submarine warfare exercise in the Central Mediterranean
33 Somali refugees shot dead on Red Sea: Yemen port official
Nigeria Bayemari - Army arrested a 45-year-old suspected BokoHaram terrorist, Mallam Makinta Ibrahim.
Pirates mounted heavy machine guns on the deck of the hijacked tanker, sailors are believed to be safe: officials
Gunfire broke out between pirates on the ship and Puntland forces who are using gunboats anchored near the hijacked ship: sources
15 Kenyans Detained at Mogadishu Airport and 2 deported for being in Somalia illegally. Two identified as Edgar Mudachi and William Kamau.
MALI: 8 AQIM jihadist arrested by Barkhane forces in Mali
Heavy fighting between Puntland forces and pirates going on at Haabo location in Bari region. Somalia
BokoHaram video show execution of 3 alleged spies for Nigerian security
Suspected Boko Haram militants attack town in NE Nigeria, shooting indiscriminately and burning down buildings, forcing people to flee
UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Cougar 4x4 MRAP in Somalia - likely from 20 US surplus donated to Uganda and Burundi for AMISON
Tunisia: Brother of former Troïka minister reportedly arrested for smuggling in Tozeur
Death toll in Ethiopia landfill collapse rises sharply to 113, Addis Ababa city official says
Cameroon says multinational forces have freed 5,000 captives from BokoHaram in week-long military operation
BurkinaFaso: Photos of a burned out straw hut classroom following last night's attack in Baraboulé, Soum Province