SOMALILAND HAILED AS IT SWEARS IN NEW PRESIDENT

Somaliland has held successful presidential elections in 2003 and 2010 including a parliamentary election in 2005... READ MORE›

US AIR FORCE OFFICIAL: MISSILE TARGETING SAUDIS WAS IRANIAN

In the time since, Yemen's rebels have fired over 70 ballistic missiles into Saudi Arabia, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies' missile defense project... READ MORE›

YEMENI PRESIDENT HADI 'UNDER HOUSE ARREST' IN RIYADH

Officials tell AP ban prompted by enmity between Hadi and UAE, which is part of Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen war... READ MORE›

YEMENIS DENOUNCE SAUDI SIEGE AS 'COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT'

Saudi Arabia's decision to close all air, land and sea ports will exacerbate the plight of the poor, Yemenis say... READ MORE›

DEATH TOLL FROM MOGADISHU TRUCK BOMB RISES TO 276 IN DEADLIEST SINGLE ATTACK EVER IN SOMALIA'S CAPITAL

The Somali government blamed the attack on Al-Shabaab, an Islamist terror group that has fought a long running insurgency against Mogadishu... READ MORE›

SOMALIA TRUCK BOMB DEATH TOLL RISES TO 189

My thoughts are with families of the victims, and the Government and people of Somalia at this difficult time... READ MORE›

SOMALIA DECLARES THREE DAYS OF MOURNING AFTER BLAST

President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmaajo declared three days of national mourning starting on Sunday, following the attack... READ MORE›

ETHIOPIA SIGNS $1.3BN WORLD BANK DEAL SHORTLY AFTER IMF PRAISE

The current positive investor sentiment towards Ethiopia could be enhanced by reforms to improve the business climate... READ MORE›

PLA NAVY FRIGATES INTRODUCED TO VISITORS AT PORT OF ANTWERP, BELGIUM[1]

PLA Navy frigates introduced to visitors at Port of Antwerp, Belgium 1 - Chinadaily.com.cn... READ MORE›

US NAVY DESTROYER COMES UNDER MISSILE ATTACK OFF YEMEN COAST - PENTAGON

The Saudis have been supporting the government of President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, who was ousted in a Houthi rebellion in November 2014... READ MORE›

NEARLY 200 REFUGEES 'THROWN' INTO YEMEN SEA, 50 MISSING

Since January this year, the IOM said that about 55,000 people had left Horn of Africa nations for Yemen... READ MORE›

IRAN SENDS WARSHIPS TO OMAN AMID GULF DISPUTE

Flotilla will head to Oman before starting mission in international waters near Yemen, the country's navy says... READ MORE›

TWO MISSILES FIRED FROM YEMEN LAND NEAR U.S. WARSHIP

Two missiles fired from rebel-held territory in Yemen landed near a U.S. warship in the Red Sea, the U.S. Navy said Monday... READ MORE›

UN CHIEF: WORLD MUST ACT TO AVERT FAMINE IN SOMALIA

The World Health Organization WHO has warned there are just two months left to avert what would be Somalia's third famine in 25 years... READ MORE›

SAUDIS 'SHOULD FUND ALL HUMANITARIAN AID' IN YEMEN

Saudi Arabia alone should fund all steps to tackle widespread disease and hunger in war-torn Yemen, a top UN official has said... READ MORE›

STATE DEPT: YEMENS HOUTHIS RELEASE 2 AMERICANS

WASHINGTON -- Two U.S. citizens were released in Yemen by Houthi rebels battling the government there, the State Department confirmed Saturday... READ MORE›

AIRSTRIKES KILL MORE THAN 40 AND WOUND SCORES IN YEMENI PORT CITY

Hodeidah, a port city on the Red Sea, is controlled by the rebel Houthis who control the capital, Sanaa, and much of northern Yemen... READ MORE›

US LAUNCHES STRIKES AGAINST HOUTHI RADAR SITES IN YEMEN

Thursday's strikes, authorised by President Barack Obama, represent Washington's first direct military action against Houthi-controlled targets in Yemen's conflict... READ MORE›

CHOLERA KILLS 115 PEOPLE FROM LATE APRIL TO MAY

More than 8,000 people have been killed since the Saudi-led Arab coalition intervened to support Yemen's government in 2015, according to the WHO... READ MORE›

SAADA: SAUDI-LED AIR STRIKE KILLS NINE FAMILY MEMBERS

And in March, another coalition air strike killed 22 people and wounded dozens in a market in western Yemen near the Red Sea fishing town of Khoukha... READ MORE›

A RAID IN REMOTE YEMEN AND A SEAL'S DEATH STILL REVERBERATE FOR TRUMP

According to Yemeni officials, AQAP fighters had chosen the village of Yaklaa as a training site because of its remoteness and its sympathetic residents... READ MORE›

US SHIP FACES NEW ROUND OF 'HOUTHI MISSILES'

Navy says USS Mason used countermeasures against missiles from Houthi-controlled region in direct action against group... READ MORE›

SOMALI CIVILIANS CLASH WITH AL-SHABAB OVER TAX DISPUTE

The DPA news agency quoted Osman Isse Nur, a regional security minister, reporting 30 deaths, including those of 26 al-Shabab fighters... READ MORE›

US SUFFERS FIRST COMBAT LOSS UNDER TRUMP IN YEMEN RAID ON AL-QAIDA

Yemeni security and tribal officials said the assault killed three senior al-Qaida leaders... READ MORE›

ALARM GROWS IN WASHINGTON AS SAUDI COALITION ATTACK ON YEMEN PORT APPEARS IMMINENT

Houthi rebels ride on the back of a patrol truck in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, on April 19... READ MORE›

CHOLERA DEATH RATES SOAR IN REBEL-HELD AREAS

Ninety percent of Yemen's cholera deaths occur in Houthi areas hit by Saudi-led coalition air strikes and a blockade... READ MORE›

SOMALI PIRATES HIJACK INDIAN COMMERCIAL SHIP

Graeme Gibbon-Brooks of UK-based Dryad Maritime Security said industry sources had told him the Indian vessel was en route to Bosasso from Dubai when it was hijacked on Saturday... READ MORE›

ALLEGED SAUDI COALITION STRIKE ON REFUGEE BOAT CONDEMNED BY HRW

UNHCR said it was appalled by the deaths of refugees. All parties to the conflict denied involvement in the attack... READ MORE›

HIJACKED SHIP'S CREW RESCUED FROM PIRATES NEAR SOMALIA

The ship was hijacked off Yemen by Somali pirates on Saturday but those on board are now safe... READ MORE›

SAUDI COALITION STRIKES ON SAADA MARKET KILL DOZENS

At least 25 Yemeni civilians have been killed by Saudi-led coalition air strike on a market in the northern Saada province, according to a local health official... READ MORE›

YEMEN MIGRANT BOAT ATTACK KILLS AT LEAST 42

A Yemeni trafficker who survived the attack told the Associated Press that the boat was fired at by a helicopter gunship and a military vessel... READ MORE›

Since most Yemenis are Sunni Muslims, Al Qaeda has been able to capitalize on the Houthi rise to win more supporters who are worried about Houthi dominance... READ MORE›

DOZENS KILLED IN CLASHES AROUND YEMEN'S BESIEGED TAIZ

Dozens of people have been killed in heavy fighting between Houthi rebels and pro-government forces in Yemen's war-torn central city of Taiz... READ MORE›

US DENIES SEEKING WIDER ROLE IN YEMEN WAR A DAY AFTER FIRING MISSILES

Many see the Yemen conflict as a proxy war between the Middle East's two main rivals, Saudi Arabia and Iran, and their western or regional backers... READ MORE›

US WARSHIP ATTACKED FOR THIRD TIME FROM YEMEN, SAYS AMERICAN OFFICIAL

Iran-aligned Houthi rebels deny they were behind first two attacks which prompted retaliatory US strikes on Yemen... READ MORE›

BORIS JOHNSON: MOVING FAST TO TACKLE FAMINE THREAT

Johnson met President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Wednesday in the Villa Somalia presidential palace in central Mogadishu... READ MORE›

YEMEN TO START 72-HOUR CEASEFIRE, SAYS UN SPECIAL ENVOY

Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed receives assurances from Yemeni government and Iranian-backed Houthi rebels for truce, with possibility of it being extended... READ MORE›

SOMALI PIRATES SEIZE IRANIAN THAI SHIPS

The potential is quite high for Somalia's piracy problem to come back altogether if we are not very careful, he said... READ MORE›

10 DIE IN SUICIDE ATTACK ON SOMALI MILITARY LEADER

Officials accused the militant Shabab group of the attack... READ MORE›