Somalia

Foreign Minister Saad Ali Shire says the republic is a stable nation and is free of terrorism.

Armed cattle herders from rival tribes destroy fences around wildlife conservancies and kill wild animals so their livestock can graze.

Kenya High Court ruled to keep Dadaab refugee camp open as 260,000 Somali refugees would be at risk.

Its closure would have resulted in over 200,000 people having to return to war-torn Somalia.

IBTimes UK interviews director of World Vision Somalia on extent of food scarcity in conflict-ridden country.

MPs and Senators will elect new president amid a security and corruption crisis and looming famine.

The men were accused of spying for Somalia's Western-backed government, the US and neighbouring Kenya.

EXCLUSIVE: Ahmed spent 25 years in 'critical conditions' at refugee camps after escaping Somalia's civil war.

Tens of thousands fled the war in Somalia for sanctuary in the US during the 1990s.

IBTimes UK speaks to refugees saying US resettlement 'was only thing that could save them from Somalia war'.

Al-Shabaab vows to punish Kenya for sending troops into Somalia under AMISOM.

AU said civilians killed in 'shoot-out' with Al-Shabaab, but HRW claims Wardinle villagers killed 'indiscriminately'.

A car bomb was rammed into the gate of the Dayah hotel in Mogadishu, leaving 28 dead and scores injured.

The al-Qaeda linked group entered the Dayah Hotel after a suicide car bomber rammed the building's front gates.

Somalia is the most corrupt country in the world for the 10th year running, says Transparency International.

Part of US 'foreign policy', the aircraft and arms deal is estimated at $418m (£335m).

Opposition and peace activists say Nkurunziza is "bluffing" as soldiers are "a mean of pressure".

Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the blast in a car park near to a UNDP facility.

A suicide car bomb rammed into the checkpoint outside the high-security compound, police say.

New MPs, who took oath of office this week, are set to select Somalia's next President.

Integrity of Somalia's humanitarian sector must be strengthened, says Transparency International NGO.

Somalia is holding election where 14,000 specially selected voters are picking 275 members of parliament.

Isis seized Qandala town in October – marking the first time the group captured territories in East Africa.

Majority of refugees in Ethiopia flee from war-torn South Sudan, Somalia and Eritrea.

A former refugee, Ilhan Omar made history when she became the nation's first Somali legislator.

In a last minute bid to draw voters, Trump said he would take local approval into consideration when allowing refugees into the country.

In 2015, a faction of Somalia-based al-Shabaab terrorists pledged alliance to the Islamic State terror group

Al-Shabaab militants have recaptured three towns since Ethiopian troops withdrew in October.

The Islamic group moved in after Ethiopian peacekeepers pulled out.

The seamen were captured close to the Seychelles in 2012.