Somalia's al-Shabaab Islamic extremists on Sunday launched an attack on a base for African Union troops in the country's south, killing four Ugandan peacekeepers, said Ugandan army spokesperson Brigadier Richard Karemire.
Kenya's Interior Minister Fred Matiang'i and police chief Joseph Boinnet have been fined $2,000 (200,000 Kenyan shillings) by a High Court judge for contempt of court.
Kenyan officials have once again deported an opposition politician Dr Miguna Miguna after refusing him entry into Kenya this week while spending days in detention at the Jomo Kenyatta airport in Nairobi.
The Kenyan Immigration Service on Tuesday defended its decision to refuse key opposition politician, Miguna Miguna entry into the country after traveling from the United Kingdom on Monday.
Key politicians and journalists have been re-arrested by security forces in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa after they were released from jail recently.
