Kenya human right groups attack arrests of Somalis
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Human rights groups said on Sunday that Kenyan authorities had wrongly detained and denied at least eight suspects accused of supporting Somali Islamists access to lawyers and medicine, including an American and four Britons.
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A human rights group accuses the US of holding al-Qaeda suspects at secret locations in violation of legal norms.
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President Mwai Kibaki's government accused political rival Raila Odinga on Wednesday of responsibility for an explosion of tribal violence over a disputed presidential poll that threatens to tear Kenya apart.
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Ethiopian police arrests five suspects over the grenade attack that killed six people in the eastern Somali region.
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Conflict in Somalia killed 6,501 civilians in the capital Mogadishu in 2007 and wounded 8,516 more, a local human rights group said on Monday.
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Police fired into the air and arrested several people demonstrating Friday in support of an Islamic group that is vying for authority in Somalia and against calls for the deployment of peacekeepers here.
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United Nations human rights monitors on   Friday accused Sudan's military of dropping bombs on villages   in North Darfur, killing and injuring civilians and driving   many from their homes.
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Somali government fighters and Ethiopian troops attack Islamist positions, an Islamist leader says.
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Ongoing clashes in the capital left nearly 300 Somalis dead and hundreds more wounded last month, a local human rights group said Saturday.
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Mobs in Kenya's opposition heartland beat up and killed at least three policemen accused of taking part in a plan to rig Thursday's elections in favor of President Mwai Kibaki, authorities said on Wednesday.
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President Mwai Kibaki's government accused rival Raila Odinga's backers on Wednesday of responsibility for an explosion of tribal violence over a disputed presidential poll that has plunged Kenya into turmoil.
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The Khartoum government is accused of allowing armed pro-government groups to operate camps in Darfur.
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MOMBASA, Kenya  - Hundreds of Kenyan Muslims marched in Mombasa on Sunday demanding the release of Muslims they say are being held unfairly, and vowed to disrupt a world cross country championship if they were not freed.
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The breakaway republic of Somaliland says it will retaliate if Somalia's new president poses a threat to its border.
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KISMAYO, Somalia  - Islamist fighters in the   Somali port of Kismayo opened fire on Monday on residents who   were burning tires, throwing stones and chanting to protest   against the Islamist takeover of the city hours earlier.
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A leading human rights group in Afghanistan said on Saturday it suspected a renegade commander was behind the beheading and skinning of fighters loyal to Ismail Khan, governor of the western province of Herat.
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Kenya's president angrily attacks those responsible for a spate of murders blamed on the banned Mungiki sect.