Islamist insurgents closed in on Somalia’s coastal capital after seizing another strategic town north of Mogadishu on Monday. Hardline al Shabaab rebels seized Jowhar on Sunday and witnesses said hundreds of gunmen from another insurgent group -...

Zimbabwe’s opposition said today it had won the most crucial election since independence, but President Robert Mugabe’s government warned premature victory claims would be seen as an attempted coup. Tendai Biti, secretary general of the...

Islamist insurgents battling for control of Somalia briefly seized a strategic town Wednesday, the latest sign of how feeble the country’s internationally backed transitional government has become. The takeover of Jowhar, about 55 miles north of...