Somalia

Somalia: Al-Shabaab bans Islamic Relief aid group

Somalia's Shabaab insurgents on Monday banned the aid agency Islamic Relief, one of the very few groups who were able…

Somalia: Parliament endorses the new Prime Minister

In an extraordinary session held today (October 17) Somalia’s Parliament unanimously endorsed Abdi Farah Shirdon as Prime Minister of Somalia.…

Eritrean prevarications and evasions

The Eritrean regime has a habit of selective reading of texts to fit them into its own bizarre worldview. This…

Somalia: Security improving after Kismayo’s capture

The long efforts by the TFG and other pro-government forces, including AMISOM and Ethiopian units, to clean Somalia of the…

Research | The North African Uprisings and the African Union

[Editor’s note: Italicized and underlined numbers are footnote references.] THE NORTH AFRICAN UPRISINGS UNDER THE AFRICAN UNION’S NORMATIVE FRAMEWORK MEHARI…

Somalia: Al Shabaab retreats from Kismayou city

Islamist militants in Somalia say they have withdrawn from their southern stronghold of Kismayo, following an African Union (AU) military…

PM Hailemarim Desalegn speech at the UN [full text]

Statement by H.E. Mr. Hailemarim Desalegn Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia At The General Debate of…

Kenyan, Somali forces capture parts of Kismayou city

African forces pushed al-Qaeda- linked militants from some positions in Somalia’s coastal city of Kismayo and are moving to seize…

Ethiopian: PM Hailemariam sworn in – A Week in the Horn

Ato Hailemariam Desalegn, previously Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, was sworn in as the new Prime Minister…

PM Hailemariam Desalegn inaugural speech full text]

Speech delivered to the House of Peoples' Representatives by H.E Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn at his inauguration as the Prime…

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