At least five people were injured in a grenade attack at a crowded restaurant in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa on Saturday, shortly after another explosion in the nearby town of Mtwapa left 10 others wounded.
The Saturday grenade attack that killed at least six people and injured 63 at a bus station in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi is suspected to be the work of al Shabaab rebels, whom Kenyan troops are fighting in neighbouring Somalia.
Senegal gears up for a presidential election this Sunday, but the West African country is braced for more trouble after weeks of unrest. Next, we take an exclusive look at how Kenya’s army is trying to tackle al Shabab fighters in Somalia. Finally, we see how an organisation in Paris is trying to hold on to Africa’s thousands of different minority languages.
As diplomats gather in London to seek a solution to Somalia’s crisis, a Somali hip-hop group is daringly rapping their opposition to al Shabaab. Unlike the conference attendees, their message is in Somali for Somalis by Somalis.
This show is made up entirely of amateur images. We've seen time and time again how images captured by ordinary citizens then uploaded onto the Web can change history, or at least shift the balance of power. This week, we take a look back at some of those moments.
The International Criminal Court on Monday confirmed that four Kenyan officials, including two leading presidential candidates, will be tried for their roles in the bloody aftermath of the 2007 election.
The International Criminal Court is to rule on Monday on whether six top Kenyans should face trial for crimes against humanity for their roles in the December 2007 post-election violence, in which 1,100 people died.
Somalia is hardly an attractive destination, but a former US soldier has just joined the ranks of foreigners trying to join the al Shabaab Islamist group. Why is Somalia gathering so many of the world’s wannabe jihadists?
Thousands were killed and hundreds of thousands displaced in the violence that followed Kenya's elections in 2008. Many of the victims are still waiting for justice. The International Criminal Court is due to decide whether to try six suspects accused of orchestrating the violence, two of whom are planning to run for the presidency in elections later this year.
The Kenyan High Court ruled on Friday that national elections will not be held before March 2013 unless its coalition government is dissolved before then. The previous vote in 2007 was marred by nationwide violence and ethnic killings.
