Updates on Al-Shabaab, AMISOM, Kenyan police, French hostage

[Here are four updates that should have been included in the previous update, on Saturday,.

Failing law leaves children unprotected in Somaliland

Child rights activists have expressed concern over the stagnation of a juvenile justice law in.

Egypt: Major headaches for water planners

Leaking water pipes, evaporation and a rapidly growing population may be significant concerns for those.

Al-Shabaab killed Kenyan soldiers [Map of troop movement]

A Kenyan security official told Reuters that two Kenyan soldiers were killed and four wounded.

Angola, Ethiopia top-performers in Global Hunger Index 2011

The African countries Angola and Ethiopia continue to register the highest improvement in the Global.

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.

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.

Analysis: Rocky start for Uganda’s oil sector

[Originally published on October 14, 2011 on IRIN – the humanitarian news and analysis service.

Somaliland to extradite alleged OLF, ONLF operatives to Ethiopia

Somaliland is to extradite hundreds of Ethiopians, unofficial reports indicated. Somaliland is a breakaway northern.

Eritrea: President Isaias Afeworki and his supporters

[From: A Week in the Horn of Africa, Oct. 7, 2011 issue.]  Mutual back-scratching by.