UN gives Sh300m to help refugees survive in Somalia

The United Nations is launching a $3 million (Sh300 million) “peacebuilding” initiative in Kenya and Somalia to facilitate the voluntary departure of 3,000 refugees from the Dadaab complex. UN officials describe the 18-month-long pilot project as “unique” in its...

Twenty-two civilians killed in DR Congo bloodbath

At least 22 civilians were killed in a massacre in Democratic Republic of Congo’s restive North Kivu province, officials said Sunday, the latest in a two-year wave of violence plaguing the region. The bloodshed occurred in Eringeti, a town 55 kilometres north of...