Somalia

Ethiopian, Somaliland officers detain senior al Shabaab defector

Officials in Somaliland have detained a senior militant commander who defected from al Shabaab terror group in Somalia, RBC Radio…

Eritrea says: US responsible for sour relations

Eritrean Ministry of Foreign Affairs: US Hostility, Not Eritrean Rigidity, Responsible For Sour Relations United States Diplomat and Former Ambassador…

Ethiopia says: Eritrea responds only to strength

The Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said: "The lack of movement, whether in normalizing relations between Eritrea and Ethiopia, in response to…

Somalia: Ethiopian Army joins AMISOM

(Mark Doyle - BBC international development correspondent) More than 4,000 Ethiopian troops have been formally absorbed into the African Union force…

Real reasons behind South Sudan crisis

* The escalating crisis proves that secession is not a panacea for peace and democracy. While the situation in Somalia…

Somalia: Puntland’s presidential election

The election of the President of the Puntland State of Somalia was held on Wednesday this week (January 8) in…

Political infighting threatens Somalia’s government

As Somalia’s new prime minister, Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, gets ready to announce his new cabinet, analysts warn that the fragile…

Ethiopian deportees of Saudi in dilemma

They went in a bid to escape poverty, but few really succeeded, even if they did find work. Many were…

Why is the African Union still failing its people on peace and security?

(Martin Plaut) The conflict in the Central African Republic is spiralling out of control. “Strife in Central African Republic could…

The Flight of the Eritreans

There’s a joke about the US state of Ohio that goes something like this: “Twenty-four astronauts were born in Ohio.…

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