Somalia | Horn Affairs

Profile of Al-Shabaab linked Eritrean officials [US Treasury Dept.]

United States announced sanctions on 6 Al-Shabaab supporters on July 5. The list includes two senior Eritrean officials. Here is…

Sunday, July 8, 2012 @ 11:57 pm

July 3, 2012: Ethiopia has emerged as East Africa’s political powerhouse, despite being landlocked. Eritrea controls what used to be…

Friday, July 6, 2012 @ 3:01 am

The rights-based framework may only have been formally adopted by the international humanitarian and development community in the past decade;…

Friday, July 6, 2012 @ 3:00 am

America's "war on terror" now has brought us deep into tropical Africa and the Sahel. We learned last week that…

Wednesday, July 4, 2012 @ 11:30 pm

"It has been the longest year in our lives," photojournalist Johan Persson and journalist Martin Schibbye said. They were arrested…

Wednesday, July 4, 2012 @ 11:27 pm

A new Voice of America Somali Service survey reveals many Somalis share similar opinions on key issues regarding the draft…

Sunday, July 1, 2012 @ 11:57 pm

The agreement reached between signatories of the “Somalia Roadmap” here in Addis to end the transition and on wide area…

Friday, June 29, 2012 @ 7:05 pm

Department of foreign affairs is urging Canadians in or traveling to Kenya to exercise ‘a high degree of caution’ after…

Tuesday, June 26, 2012 @ 11:46 pm

Kenyan police have arrested two Iranians on suspicion of planning terrorist attacks in concert with al-Shabaab, the extremist group based…

Tuesday, June 26, 2012 @ 11:38 pm

Kenya Defence Force now has its sights trained on Al-Shabaab’s last frontier and lifeline town of Kismayu, Somalia’s third largest…

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 11:59 pm