From gorgeous sandy beaches and natural parks, to lush rainforests and vibrant coastal towns, these are the best beach towns in Costa Rica. With over 763 miles of coastline, there’s no better place to ...

Summer has returned, and with it, another beach season, with locals and tourists alike packing out the coastlines. But what does proper etiquette look like? How can you best enjoy a day at the ...

A top Ethiopian official visited Somalia’s capital Thursday in the first high-level meetings since relations plummeted a year ago because of Ethiopia’s plan to access the sea through the ...

Turkey-Brokered Deal Spurs Thaw in Somalia, Ethiopia Relations Somalia opens door to Ethiopia joining counterinsurgency force Ethiopian defense minister arrives in Mogadishu for talks ...

NAIROBI, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's defence minister travelled to Somalia on Thursday, a senior official in Mogadishu said, the first bilateral visit since relations nosedived a year ago over an ...

[File, Standard] The new African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia on Wednesday announced its commitment to the country's stabilization efforts in 2025 and post-conflict recovery as it began ...

The head of the AU Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) Mohamed El Amine said the new mission will build on achievements made under the ATMIS. He said in 2024, the ATMIS made ...

A new Africa Union (AU) mission took the helm in Somalia on New Year’s Day despite uncertainty over the final list of countries contributing troops. The head of the AU Support and Stabilisation ...

The new African Union, known as AUSSOM, has today officially began in Somalia, as announced by the African Union's representative to Somalia. In a statement issued by Mohamed El-Amine Souef ...

GAROWE, Somalia, Jan 1 (Reuters) - The Islamic State group on Wednesday claimed responsibility for an attack on a military base in Somalia's northeastern region of Puntland a day earlier ...

BOSASO, Somalia - The Puntland Defence Forces have managed to neutralize over 10 ISIS militants, including 8 foreigners during a morning attack at a main military base in the eastern Bari region on ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Somali National Army (SNA) has continued to press the Al-Shabaab militants in deep central and southern regions, just in the middle of the ongoing transition of the foreign ...