Soaring water prices, limited food supplies, dying livestock, dearth in humanitarian funding exacerbates famine

Abu Dhabi's regional reach proves assertive as it attempts to carve own sphere of influence

KUANTAN, Sept 18 — The Foreign Ministry is closely monitoring the detention and legal process imposed on a Malaysian man who allegedly entered Somalia to engage in the activities of the Al-Shabab group, said its minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah.

MOGADISHU, Aug 17 — At least 16 people were killed in an attack on Sunday by al Shabaab on a seaside hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, a government spokesman said, as the Islamist group launched a similar assault on a Somali military base.