International

THE highest ranking U.S. official to visit Somalia’s capital in years landed in Mogadishu on Sunday in another sign of improving security in the Horn of Africa’s most chaotic nation.

CAMPAIGNING began in Senegal on Sunday ahead of next month’s legislative polls, with the former ruling party crying foul over corruption probes launched against key members after the election of President Macky Sall.

PRESIDENT Thein Sein has declared a state of emergency in western Myanmar following deadly clashes between local Buddhists and Muslim Bengalis from escalating.

Two Kenyan ministers were among six government officials who were killed when a police helicopter crashed early on Sunday near the capital, Nairobi.

Sudanese Minister of Defence Abdul- Rahim Mohamed Hussein on Friday held South Sudan responsible for the failure of the recent round of negotiations between the two countries on outstanding issues under the African mediation in Addis Ababa.