A former al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) operative has said that ex-Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh supported, and even at times directed, the group. In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit, the former AQAP operative-turned government informant alleged that Sa...

At least 10 people have been reported killed in a fighting between two clans in Hiiraan region of central Somalia on Wednesday, Garowe Online reports. The recurrent deadly clashes raged between the two clan militias in the village of Deefow according to witnesses. There are wounded fighters from the...

Somalia’s constitution review commission has a new boss following the appointment yesterday of Mohamed Dahir Afrax. The cabinet approved constitutional affairs minister’s nomination of Mr. Dahir to take the place of Mrs. Asho Gelle who resigned from the post earlier. Asho left the office citing lack...

In the wake of the Garissa University College shootings that left nearly 150 people dead, the Kenyan government has threatened to close the world's largest refugee camp. In response, US Secretary of State John Kerry promised an extra $45m to the United Nations to cope with their refugee crisis, pres...

Saudi Arabia says it has shot down a Scud missile fired into the kingdom by Houthi fighters and forces allied to Ali Abdullah Saleh, the former Yemeni president. A coalition of Arab states has been bombing the Iran-allied Houthis for more than two months in an attempt to restore President Abd-Rab...

At least 44 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in an air strike at the Yemeni army headquarters in the capital Sanaa, according to the Houthi-run Saba news agency. Earlier on Sunday, army officials said that four explosions shook the compound in central Sanaa, where soldiers allied...

Somali moderate Islamist rebels have taken over the control of a town located in the Central region of the country on Sunday morning, Horseed Media reports. Dhusamareb, the capital of Galgadud region was under the control of forces loyal to the Federal government of Somalia. According to local resid...

A UN conference scheduled to be held in Geneva next week could decide the fate of war-torn Yemen. Officials representing the country's rival political factions will meet on June 14 to help negotiate an end to months of fighting. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, has bee...

Yemen's exiled president has said his government will not negotiate with Iran-backed Houthi rebels at UN-sponsored peace talks due to open in Switzerland this weekend. President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi said on Monday that the sole item for discussion would be the implementation of a resolution ado...

8 June 2015 – The top United Nations official in Somalia today lauded the progress made in the Horn of Africa country amid military and political gains on the ground and a successful partnership between international and national stakeholders. Briefing the UN press corps at the Organization’s Hea...