Updates on Al-Shabaab, AMISOM, Kenyan police, French hostage
[Here are four updates that should have been included in the previous update, on Saturday, of Kenyan military operation in…
Monday, October 24, 2011 @ 11:58 pm
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Failing law leaves children unprotected in Somaliland
Child rights activists have expressed concern over the stagnation of a juvenile justice law in Somalia's self-declared independent Republic of…
Monday, October 24, 2011 @ 11:00 pm
Egypt: Major headaches for water planners
Leaking water pipes, evaporation and a rapidly growing population may be significant concerns for those trying to manage and plan…
Sunday, October 23, 2011 @ 4:56 am
Al-Shabaab killed Kenyan soldiers [Map of troop movement]
A Kenyan security official told Reuters that two Kenyan soldiers were killed and four wounded when they were ambushed by…
Saturday, October 22, 2011 @ 8:02 am
Angola, Ethiopia top-performers in Global Hunger Index 2011
The African countries Angola and Ethiopia continue to register the highest improvement in the Global Hunger Index (GHI), according to…
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 5:07 am
Updates on Kenyan Army in Somalia and more
On Tuesday, the Kenyan troops have not yet entered Afmadow town, Al-Shabaab’s stronghold, located 100 KMs inside Somalia. The slow…
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 4:58 am
Kenyan Army 100 km inside Somalia – ‘Operation Linda Nchi’
Kenyan army launched a full scale military offensive against the Al-Quaeda-linked terrorist group Al-Shabaab on Saturday. Kenyan infantry has so…
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 @ 5:20 am
Analysis: Rocky start for Uganda’s oil sector
[Originally published on October 14, 2011 on IRIN - the humanitarian news and analysis service of the UN Office for…
Saturday, October 15, 2011 @ 7:41 pm
Somaliland to extradite alleged OLF, ONLF operatives to Ethiopia
Somaliland is to extradite hundreds of Ethiopians, unofficial reports indicated. Somaliland is a breakaway northern territory of Somalia. Somaliland declared…
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 @ 6:48 am
Eritrea: President Isaias Afeworki and his supporters
[From: A Week in the Horn of Africa, Oct. 7, 2011 issue.] Mutual back-scratching by President Isaias and his supporters …
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 6:29 am
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