Somalia’s prime minister has appointed the former deputy leader of the al-Shabab militant group, Mukhtar Robow, to the cabinet as minister for endowment and religious affairs.Robow, also known as Abu Mansour, was in the Somali presidential palace Tuesd…

The U.N. refugee agency says it will be forced to cut aid programs for millions of internally displaced people and refugees in the Democratic Republic of Congo without an immediate injection of money.UNHCR says it has received only 19 percent of the $2…