Somalia | Horn Affairs

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…

Friday, September 28, 2012 @ 7:20 pm

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

Wednesday, September 26, 2012 @ 11:44 pm

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

Wednesday, September 26, 2012 @ 8:20 pm

There are reports today that Hizbul Islam, one of the extremist factions allied with Al-Shabaab is quitting its alliance it…

Wednesday, September 26, 2012 @ 12:07 am

On Tuesday this week the UN Security Council met to consider Somalia, unanimously adopting Resolution 2067 (2012), reiterating its commitment…

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 @ 11:52 pm

Policy Briefing Africa Briefing N°89 Nairobi/Brussels, 22 August 2012 Ethiopia After Meles I. OVERVIEW The death of Prime Minister Meles…

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 @ 11:36 pm

I once asked Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who died on Aug. 20 from an unspecified illness at age 57,…

Monday, September 24, 2012 @ 1:00 am

The Unhappy Legacy of Meles Zenawi (Freedom House) The death on Monday of Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zenawi has been…

Sunday, September 23, 2012 @ 1:24 am

(By Mehari Taddele Maru (PhD) * The elections of the leadership of the African Union has surged the democratic profile…

Saturday, September 15, 2012 @ 4:50 am

Somalia's Parliament on Monday elected Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, aged 56, as President of Somalia for the next four years. The…

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 @ 11:40 pm