Somalia

U.S. airstrikes killed 62 militants in Somalia over the weekend, the U.S. Africa Command (Africom) said Monday. Six airstrikes against the Al-Qaeda affiliated al Shabaab group were carried out near the capital Mogadishu on Saturday...

Their death comes after the country vowed to pursue the first FGM prosecution

The attacks are among the worst in recent years

Four simultaneous famines

The soldier reportedly mistook Siraji for an Islamic militant before shooting him inside his car

Abas Abdullahi Sheikh Siraji, 31, was a role model for the nation's youth