As many as 52 people were killed when attackers detonated at least two bombs and stormed a hotel in Mogadishu near the headquarters of Somalia’s Criminal Investigation Department.

The militant Al-Shabab organisation, which has been known for regular attacks on the capital, claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that they were targetting government officials who were staying at the hotel.

Tensions have risen within the city of Carno in Central African Republic (CAR) as refugees, who are predominately Muslim, have started to return to find their homes and businesses occupied, exacerbating the conflict between Muslim and Christian communities.  

Aid organisations and the UN aim to build new houses to ease tensions and allow occupants to voluntarily leave.

Refugees from the Central African Republic, were forced into exile due to fighting among armed groups which...

Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) is projected to have won only seven out of 13 seats in a by election held in Myanmar this week.

The NLD won the majority of seats in the central heartland which is predominately ethnic Bamar Buddhists but in the northern state of Kachin, they finished third in an Upper House race which it had won in 2015.

Results in the state capital Myithyina showed a victory for the military-aligned Union Solidarity and Development Party...

The blockage of aid shipments has threatened famine in Yemen, warned the United Nations, as fighting between the Yemeni government, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, and Houthi rebels, reportedly backed by Iran, continues.

In particular fighting has brokenout in regions surrounding the largest hospital in the port city of Hodeidah, which has made it difficult to access those most in need, including children.  The United Nations estimates that if this continues 14 million people, half...

During talks between Libya’s rival assemblies an agreement was forged to unify the government under a central authority and reform state institutions. 

The United Nations which had been assisting both sides has welcomed the progress made in these talks which finished on Wednesday. 

There is, however, concern that whilst administrative bodies may agree to these decisions, armed militias may not as they have benefited from the nation’s disunity. 

A Bangladesh court has doubled the jail time from five years to ten years for former prime minister, Begum Khaleda Zia for her involvement in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case. 

The case accused her, along with five others including her son, of embezzling approximately $253,000 from foreign donations intended for an orphanage set up for the former president, Ziaur Rahman, who was Khaleda's former husband. 

Indian and Japan signed a $75 billion bilateral currency swap agreement during the first day of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Tokyo.

During the trip Modi also announced that Japan and India had agreed a new programme aimed at deepening ties between both defence ministries  reports Bloomberg News.

“The aim of this is to further work towards world peace...

Around a thousand Indonesian Muslims gathered for a protest in the capital Jakarta to protest against burning of an Islamic flag, linked to a banned organisation on Friday.

Protestors gathered to condemn the burning, which was captured in a viral video in which a member of the youth wing of Nahdlatual Ulama (NU) burnt a rival organisation’s flag which bore the Tauhid - an Islamic concept asserting that there is only one God. During the protest this was the message they chanted, “there...

Japan and China have agreed a $30 billion currency swap deal to strengthen financial stability during their first bilateral summit in seven years.

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is on a 3 day state visit to China to take part in a formal Sino-Japanese summit which had previously ceased to take place amidst souring relations. 

Speaking to press Mr Abe said,

Australia has placed travel and financial sanctions on five of Myanmar’s most senior military officers who stand accused of overseeing violence against the Rohingya community.

The sanctions follow similiar actions by the European Union and United States placed on Myanmar’s military earlier this year.

A recent report by the UN accused Myanmar’s military of rapes and mass killings with ‘genocidal intent,' calling for its commander-in-chief and five generals to be prosecuted under...

The UK, German and French Foreign ministers condemned the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, with “the strongest possible terms” on Sunday.

In a joint statement, the ministers said,

For the first time Saudi Arabia has confirmed the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi after initially providing strenuous denials.

Khashoggi, a journalist for the Washington Post and US resident, initially arrived in Saudi Arabia’s consulate to file in documents certifying that he had divorced his ex-wife so that he could remarry.

The Chief Executive and chairman of Swedish group Lundin Oil may face charges of war crimes, after the Swedish government paved the way for an indictment to be issued this week.

Alex Schneiter, the current CE of Lundin Oil and Ian Lundin, the chairman of the board, may be indicted, for war crimes committed in Sudan. Lundin Oil is accused of bankrolling the Sudanese army and several paramilitary groups that drove away locals from areas where the company planned to carry out oil...

Three senior Afghan officials have been killed and two American officials injured, in a Taliban attack in Kandahar on Thursday that narrowly missed the top US commander in Afghanistan.

Police Chief, General Abdul Raziq; the provincial governor of Kandahar, Zalmai Wesa; and, intelligence chief General Abdul Mominera were killed in the attack. Two American officials were injured but US General Austin Miller, commander of US and NATO troops in Afghanistan, managed to survive without...