Planet Watch
UN: world refugees break record
War across large swaths of the Middle East and Africa in the first six months of 2014 forcibly displaced some 5.5 million people, signalling yet another record, the UN reports.
Tag: Somalia
Africa
Kenya approves harsh anti-terrorism law
Kenya's parliament passed a sweeping new anti-terrorism law after some of its members engaged in a shoving match that led to blows being exchanged.
Oceania
ISIS in Sydney?
Internet and media slueths scramble to identify the faction behind the jihadist flag raised by the militant in the Sydney hostage crisis—which follows Austrailian air-strikes on ISIS.
Africa
Jihadist hand seen in new Congo massacres
A series of massacres in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is widely blamed on an Islamist insurgent group, the Alliance of Democratic Forces-NALU.
Africa
Somalia: women slain in spiralling reprisals
At least seven women were killed in "barbaric" attacks in Somalia after Shabab insurgents beheaded a soldier's wife, prompting revenge executions of the wives of jihadists.
Africa
UN renews resolution to fight piracy off Somalia
The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution renewing its international call for all able states to provide military forces to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia.
Africa
Somalia: Shabab leader dead in US drone strike?
A drone strike targeted Shabab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane as US-backed Ethiopian forces launched a new drive to beat back the insurgent group in Somalia.
Africa
Kenya anti-terror police group charged in abuses
Kenya's US-funded Anti-Terrorism Police Unit has carried out a series of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances, Human Rights Watch charges in a new report.
Africa
Deadly Ramadan in Somalia
Militant group al-Shabab has lived up to its promise to step up attacks in Somalia, mainly against government installations and personnel, during the holy month of Ramadan.
Africa
Kenya: Muslims displaced in wake of terror attack
Dozens of Muslim families in Mpeketoni, a coastal Kenyan town where more than 60 were killed in terror attacks, have fled following threats and assaults from the Christian majority.
Iran
Persian Gulf militarized —by drug war
In addition to the naval face-off over a global oil outlet, the Persian Gulf has seen escalating militarization by international forces in the guise of narcotics enforcement.
Africa
Disease, hunger fears after Somalia cyclone
Two weeks after a devastating cyclone struck Somalia’s autonomous enclave of Puntland, nomadic pastoralists are especially at risk, with much of their livestock wiped out.