Region that broke away from Somalia in 1991 is still waiting for international recognition.

Citizens and leaders in the autonomous region of Somalia say they are historically and politically a separate country.

WASHINGTON, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, said today that it plans to file a complaint against a Minnesota judge who inappropriately questioned defendants on their religious beliefs and equated mainstream Islamic principles with terrorism.Before sentencing two Muslim ...

TORONTO - Somali-Canadian rapper K'naan says lingering disappointment over his last album is pushing him to write and release a new batch of songs.

By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's prime minister is expected to face a vote of confidence next week, lawmakers said on Friday, and backers of the challenge said they were frustrated with the pace of political reform. Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon Saaid heads a fledgling government Western capitals say is the best the strifetorn country has had for decades, determined to improve ...

Canada's largest-circulation newspaper and one of America's most-read news sites have both come out claiming they have watched a video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking from what appeared to be a crack pipe. News and gossip blog Gawker broke … Continue reading →

By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) - National Bank of Kenya will raise more than 10 billion shillings in a cash call next year to fund expansion and increased lending, its chief executive said. Ranked number 12 out of 43 lenders in east Africa's biggest economy, National declined from a top-three lender in 1996, as its model of focusing on government banking and personal lending was upended by ...

A British tourist has been jailed for stabbing a 19-year-old soldier to death in a nightclub row at a popular Cyprus holiday resort.

By Edmund Blair NAIROBI (Reuters) - When Washington D.C. was in financial crisis in the 1990s, Somali-born Abdusalam Omer joined a team that turned its "junk" bonds into investment grade paper. Now, as governor of the Central Bank of Somalia, he wants to transform a "failed" state. There is no escaping the scale of his new assignment. His office in Mogadishu is surrounded by the bombed out ...