Digital warriors battle to get African games on phones
LAGOS/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Safari the warrior crouches in the bush - a digitized heroine from the new mobile phone game "Afro Fighters" that its Nigerian creator hopes will soon rival...
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Kenya opposition demands troops quit Somalia after attacks
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's opposition leaders demanded on Monday the country withdraw troops from Somalia after a spate of bloody attacks by militants at home, but dropped a demand for...
South Sudan’s outgoing army chief says Khartoum arming rebels
JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan's outgoing army chief General James Hoth Mai accused neighbor and old foe Sudan on Monday of arming rebels fighting his troops in an increasingly ethnic...
Somalia, peacekeepers launch offensive against militants: U.N.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - African Union peacekeepers and the Somali army have begun a major offensive against al Shabaab militants, the U.N.'s Special Representative to Somalia said on Wednesday, urging donors...
Somalia, peacekeepers launch offensive against militants: U.N.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - African Union peacekeepers and the Somali army have begun a major offensive against al Shabaab militants, the U.N.'s Special Representative to Somalia said on Wednesday, urging donors...
Insight: Graft allegations test West’s ties to Somali president
NAIROBI (Reuters) - A resignation letter by Somalia's central bank governor sent from Dubai has thrown Western donors into a quandary over supporting a government they need to fight al...
Biggest donor Turkey stops direct budget support to Somalia
NAIROBI/ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has stopped direct budgetary support to Somalia, cutting off a major source of funding for a government trying to rebuild the country after more than two...
Smuggling cartels, militants hinder revival of Somali port
KISMAYU, Somalia (Reuters) - Al Qaeda-linked militants, drug smugglers and shadowy criminal networks stand in the way of the Somali federal government's hopes of hiring a foreign firm to manage...
ICC says Kenyatta need not attend whole trial for crimes against humanity
NAIROBI/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Judges at the International Criminal Court on Friday excused Uhuru Kenyatta from "continuous presence" at his impending trial for crimes against humanity, a move analysts said would...
Somalia looks to rickety port to rebuild threatened state
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The dock workers at Mogadishu's port have to carry cargo on their backs to clear berths for the ships waiting out at sea. The dilapidated facility has...