Jason Patinkin MOGADISHU, SOMALIA — A platoon of African Union soldiers patrol a village outside Mogadishu. They walk on foot ahead of three armored vehicles in order to sweep for improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by al-Shabab insurgents. The goal …

By PATRICK GATHARA Oct. 14, 2016 (The Star) This Sunday marks the fifth anniversary of the start of Operation Linda Nchi, Kenya’s surprise invasion of Somalia. By the government’s own admission, the October 2011 deployment of the Kenya Defence Forces …

By Andrew Torchia and Thomas Wilson | DUBAI/TOKYO (Reuters) Saudi Arabia and Japan’s SoftBank Group (9984.T) said they will create a technology investment fund that could grow as large as $100 billion, aiming to create one of the …

Escalation between Ankara and Baghdad as Erdogan slams Abadi JEDDAH: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi’s criticism of the presence of Turkish troops in Iraq ahead of a planned operation to retake Mosul from …