A car bomb exploded at the Ministry of Labor in the Somali capital Mogadishu. Smoke clouds can be seen above the city. The ministry would also have been shot and witnesses report a...
Customs in Hong Kong have intercepted a record rhino horn with a weight of 40 kilos. The party came from Johannesburg (South Africa) and was en route to Vietnam.
A white rhino In the Belgian zoo Pairi Daiza is expecting a calf. Rhino Madiba, which was brought to Belgium from a South African park in 2012, gives birth to...
At least sixteen people were killed by a double suicide attack on a popular restaurant and hotel in the Somali city of Baidoa. About fifty others were injured. That reports the Somali police.
Ethiopia and Eritrea signed a friendship treaty on Sunday two months after the conclusion of the peace. That happened in the Saudi city of Jeddah, in the presence of UN chief Antonio Guterres and crown prince Mohammed of Saudi Arabia.
France has killed a leader of a terrorist group linked to Islamic State in Mali. Another IS member and a woman and a teenager were killed during the operation. The French Minister of Defense has announced this in a statement.
Saudi Arabia has approved the release of about one thousand Ethiopian prisoners, who are detained in the Gulf State for various reasons. Addis Abeba said that in the media on Saturday. The Saudi decision was the desired response to a request from the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who this week paid an official visit to Riyadh.
An attack by a car bomb in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, killed 22 people and injured around forty. The police fear that even more deaths are falling under the rubble of some buildings collapsed.
On Wednesday afternoon, the body of an unknown man was found in the Horn harbor.
Filipino security forces have found seven captured bodies on Monday of suspected victims of abduction in two cities on the southern island of Basilan. The place is a ballet of terrorist movement Abu Sayyaf.
By attacking the terrorist militia al-Shabaab on peacekeepers of the African Union (AU) in Somalia, twelve Ugandan soldiers have been killed. Seven soldiers were also injured, the Ugandan Ministry of Defense said Monday.
For the three countries in the Horn of Africa worst affected by drought, the European Union draws 60 million euros extra. In Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, 17 million people are in danger of starvation and cholera. The expectation is that the situation will deteriorate in the coming months.
The government will make extra 2 million euros extra for strengthening the rule of law in Somalia. The money is specifically intended for legal assistance in the region and support of mobile courts. Minister Bert Koenders (Foreign Affairs) announced the contribution at an international conference on the country in the Horn of Africa.
The Philippine army has killed an important member of the Islamic terrorist group Abu Sayyaf. The headline would, among other things, be responsible for a series of bombings and abductions in the south of the country. That is what the army reports on Saturday.
A cow just given birth in the German state of Saarland has a hobby farmer seriously injured. The animal probably saw her only a few hours old calf threatened when the 48-year-old man walked into the meadow to earmark the young. Mother cow which unexpectedly fell to the farmer drilled a horn in the face and stomped on him when he fell.
The Philippine military has slain the suspected leader of the Islamic resistance group Abu Sayyaf. Muammar Askali, also known as Abu Rami, was shot Wednesday.
The Kuala Lumpur International Airport eighteen poached rhino horn from Africa were seized. The value of the contraband is almost 3 million.
A French chocolate maker has made a special tribute to the newly butchered in a Parisian zoo rhino Vince. In his shop window is a chocolate rhino as much as 180 kilos.
The Thai women were arrested at the airport in Bangkok with 21 rhino horns in their luggage, were escorted by two policemen. Who had turned to steer the ladies with the contraband through customs.
The world famous black rhino Wozani last month slain by poachers. Wozani went viral last year when he 'kissing' was photographed. His mouth looked then as if the rhino every time someone went kissing.
Barbarians have last night a rhino shot in a zoo near Paris and its precious horn sawn off and taken with a chainsaw. Zookeepers Tuesday morning made the gruesome discovery. The rhino was five years old.
Philippine soldiers found the body remains of the septuagenarian German hostage Jürgen Kantner. He was beheaded in February by the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf. Both his mind and his body were found, according to the Philippine army.
The number of victims of severe drought in Kenya is increasing rapidly. In a month's time is doubled from 1.3 to 2.7 million. At least 337,000 children have immediate help to survive. The Red Cross has decided to increase the supply of food and water considerably.
In the Philippines, the Islamic terrorist group Abu Sayyaf Monday released a video that would show the beheading of a German hostage. it is understood in the circles of the German security services assumed that he is really dead.
The Filipino armed forces make every effort for a group of hostages held in the south of the island republic by the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf. This said army spokesman General Restituto Padilla Sunday. Media reported that a septuagenarian German hostage, Jürgen Kantner would be killed by the group.
The lives of eleven million people at risk due to severe drought in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya. People do not have enough water for crops or livestock, the Red Cross warns. 'Even camels, which normally drought resistant die now.'
Famine threatens 17 million people in the Horn of Africa. About 12 million of them have already needed food aid now. That the FAO, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, announced Sunday. In large parts of the Horn of Africa drought prevails; there is only a quarter of the normal amount of rain has fallen in the past six months.
Least seven people were Saturday killed by two bomb blasts at a restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu. There are four soldiers and three civilians, said a police spokesman.
The EU mission against pirates off the Somali coast will continue until the end of at least 2018. The 28 Member States decided to extend Operation Atalanta in Brussels on Monday to two years.
A septuagenarian German, according to the Philippine army kidnapped by Muslim extremists from his hunting. His girlfriend was killed. The terrorist group Abu Sayyaf is said to have the man in hands.
