Somalia

The extreme weather has been attributed to the El Niño weather phenomenon.

As many as 43,000 people may have died in Somalia last year due to the ongoing drought in the country.

As many as four million people in Somalia face the risk of starvation and the situation is only deteriorating as the country faced its third consecutive dry season, the United Nations' climate report has warned.

11 suspects have been arrested for the rape and murder of a 19-year-old student, police are investigating the involvement of others.

Aweys Shikhey, 38, from Tottenham, north London, was described as 'a terrorist hiding in plain sight' as the Old Bailey heard he also wanted to gun down Spurs supporters with AK47.

A heat map of fitness tracker activity has revealed sensitive and potentially dangerous information about US soldiers around the world.

Tamaulipas on the US border and Sinaloa, Colima, Michoacan and Guerrero on the Pacific coast are the states that have been put under the most dangerous places.

Four African countries are the riskiest places to travel in the world according to an updated travel risk map for 2018.

More than 300 people died when a truck packed with explosives detonated near the entrance of Mogadishu's Safari Hotel on 14 October.

This is the worst attack in Africa's history since Al-Qaeda was blamed for twin attacks on US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, when 220 people died.

Spokesperson says measures were taken as a precaution and not in response to a specific threat.

Isis branch in Somalia sends warning to Trump as US-led offensives recapture territories in Syria and Iraq.

Brightly coloured murals allow potential customers to see what is on offer inside shops that don't have large display windows.

Some 20 million people in Africa and the Middle East are facing extreme hunger.

Al-Shabaab storms popular restaurant after car bomb hits adjacent hotel in latest attack on Somalian capital.

At least two gunmen, reportedly with the Islamist militants al Shabaab, were killed.

At least 22 people were killed and 59 wounded when a suicide bomber struck at a pop concert.

David Gallacher, 37, of no fixed address, attacked Samsam Haji-Ali, 34, outsdien a Co-op in August 2016.

Theresa May's Somalia conference is important but it cannot prioritise security over the impending famine.

Somalia is facing the "largest humanitarian crisis in history of the United Nations".

Mistaken for an Islamist militant Abas Siraji was shot dead by bodyguards of a government official

Cholera has killed hundreds of people fleeing conflict and famine in South Sudan.

Number of children suffering from acute malnutrition "shot up" by 50% to 1.4m, UN agency warns.

Somalia already faces famine, described as the "largest humanitarian crisis in history of the UN".

Uganda's progressive system of accommodating refugees is on the brink of "explosive" collapse

The Al Kausar was the third vessel to be hijacked in 2017 by Somali pirates after a five-year lull.

Family forced into impossible situations as an an arc of hunger and violence stretches across Africa into the Middle East.

Amid spate of attacks and kidnappings, Mohamed vows to help militants find jobs if they surrender.

Governor Ibrahim Aden Ali of Lower Shabelle blamed the al-Qaeda linked militant group for the blast.

The former Dutch MP was due to appear on an ABC programme on Monday before starting her tour, 'Hero of Heresy'.