Security officers patrol near the destroyed Hayat Hotel after a deadly 30-hour siege by al-Shabab militants in Mogadishu on Aug. 21, 2022. Photo: Hassan Ali Elmi/AFP via Getty Images Al-Shabaab militants fired multiple mortar rounds near Mogadishu’s airport on Sunday morning, disrupting international flights to Somalia, a security official told AFP . The attack comes just weeks after a roadside bomb blast narrowly missed the convoy of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud , with Al-Shabaab...

The law would have hit Serb nationals as well as ethnic Serbs in Kosovo, benefiting from their services Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti. (Photo by Erkin Keci/Anadolu via Getty Images) By AFP Published March 14, 2026 Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti on Saturday said that the government is postponing for 12 months the enforcement of new entry regulations for foreigners, avoiding political fallout with ethnic Serbs. The so-called Law on Foreigners stipulated that all foreign nationals...

Separately, MSF says 26 humanitarian workers are missing following recent violence in South Sudan’s Jonglei state. By AFP, Anadolu and Reuters United Nations peacekeepers stand near an airstrip in Akobo, South Sudan, in February [File: Florence Miettaux/AP Photos] At least 169 people have been killed after dozens of armed men attacked a town in South Sudan’s Ruweng Administrative Area, local officials said. A group of unidentified youths from Mayom County in neighbouring Unity ‌state stormed...