INT64International/Diplomacy/Crime/DefenceEU to deploy anti-piracy fleet off Somalia coastDeauville France, Oct 1 DPA The European Union EU wil..

NAT83National/Economy/CrimeEfforts to rescue hijacked tanker underway: PMOn Board PM's Special Aircraft, Oct 1 IANS Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said international efforts were on to mount rescue oper..

INT17International/Immigration/SocietyOne in 10 Australians racist, says studyBy Neena BhandariSydney, Sep 30 IANS Racism is waning but it still exists in Australia, one of the most multicultural NAIROBI/MOGADISHU

INT48International/CrimeSomali pirates demand $5 mn for Ukraine shipNairobi/Mogadishu, Sep 28 DPA Somali pirates in possession of a Ukrainian ship Sunday demanded $5 million in ransom, after originally asking for $35 million, said Andrew Mwangura, head of East Africa's Seafarer's NAIROBI/KIEV

INT47International/CrimePirates seize Ukrainian ship with 21 on boardNairobi/Kiev, Sep 26 RIA Novosti Pirates off the Somali coast seized a Ukrainian ship en route to Kenya with 21 people on board, Ukraine's foreign ministr..

INT55International/TerrorismGerman police storm plane, detain terror suspects Berlin, Sep 26 DPA German police stormed an Amsterdam-bound plane at Cologne-Bonn Bangladesh among most corrupt despite anti-graft drive

INT25International/Politics/CrimeBangladesh among most corrupt despite anti-graft driveDhaka, Sep 24 IANS Twenty months of an anti-graft drive by the military-backed caretaker government has made only a marginal diff..

INT60International/Terrorism/Defence40 killed in Somalia Lead, changing datelineMogadishu, Sep 22 Xinhua At least 40 people were killed and 60, including 11 children, wounded w..

The Somali Republic is situated in the Horn of Africa in Eastern Africa, bordering Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, the Gulf of Aden, and Yemen to the north, the Indian Ocean to the east, and Ethiopia to the west. The city of Mogadishu is the capital of Somalia.

HISTORY

The Republic of Kenya, the 47th largest country in the world, borders Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the east, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, Sudan to the northwest and the Indian Ocean to the southeast. Nairobi is the capital of Kenya.