Rebels launched two attacks on US and European military targets, officials said.

Mayor Abdirahman Omar Osman's sudden death has left Mogadishu reeling.

Islamic extremists took over a hotel in Somalia for more than 14 hours, leaving 26 dead.

New Zealand nurse has served 17 missions for Red Cross in world's worst spots.

Dirt dumped at Muslim family's door three days after mosque attacks.

Youngest victim was "energetic, playful and liked to smile and laugh a lot".

These are the faces, and stories, of 50 people killed in a terrorist attack on March 15.

New details are emerging of the dead, the missing and the injured.

These are the names of those who have died or are missing.

Arrest comes after terror attack on upscale Nairobi hotel kills 21.

52 al-Shabab extremists were killed in one of America's deadliest airstrikes in months.

Amanda Lindhout battled to survive as she was raped, tortured and threatened with death.

Suicide bomb hit first, then three gunmen attacked inside the ministry.

Company which released sensitive data originally said users should check privacy settings.

Meet the people running Somalia's only public ambulance service.

Two people have been arrested over the attack which left more than 300 dead, may missing.

Roughly 50 teenage Somali and Ethiopian migrants were "deliberately drowned" off Yemen.

Food crises are erupting across Africa and there is no money to fight it.

White House press conference on Obamacare and immigration ban.

A leading world critic of Muslim extremism says New Zealand should establish "assimilation centres" for migrants and refugees from

Joyce Luma, head of the United Nation's World Food Programme in South Sudan, called the famine "man-made".

President Donald Trump denounced arguments against his immigration order as "disgraceful".

Nearly one in two Americans support Donald Trump's block on some immigrants

The Prince of Wales has warned the world is in danger of "forgetting the lessons of the past" in a speech about the Holocaust.

US Embassy confirms NZ dual citizens excluded from travel ban.

It was a chilling prediction issued as part of a propaganda video intended to fuel hatred between Muslims and the West.

A young Kiwi couple's dream to see America has been dashed - at least temporarily - by Donald Trump's ban on visitors from seven majority-Muslim nations.

Prime Minister Bill English says it remains unclear whether a US travel ban applies to New Zealanders who also hold a passport from Muslim-majority countries.

Prime Minister Bill English has a duty to speak out against US President Donald Trump's ban on Muslim travellers, the Green Party says.

Travellers with valid visas and green cards have reportedly been prevented from boarding flights and turned away at US border control.