Somali pirates are demanding an $8m ransom for the release of a Ukrainian ship they are holding off the coast off their country’s northern coast.The pirates appear to rule the seas around Somalia with impunity, while towns in Somalia’s Puntland...

Al-Shabab fighters have killed at least fourteen Somali soldiers in an attack on a military checkpoint south of the capital, Mogadishu.

The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Monday to lift the arms embargo on the Congolese government but extended a ban on arms sales and military training to all militias and rebel groups in the country. The council’s action was seen as a...