Somalia

Kenya to probe Security Minister’s death

Kenyan Internal Security Minister George Saitoti and Assistant Internal Security Minister Joshua Orwa Ojode have been killed in a helicopter…

As Ethiopian troops vacate a central Somalia town; Al-Shabaab moved in

Ethiopian troops and allied Somalian militia withdrew from a town in central Somalia yesterday, according to reports from Somalia media.…

Hundreds of fresh Ethiopian troops crossed into southern Somalia | Media report

A Somalian news outlet, Mareeg.com, reported on yesterday midnight, citing unnamed residents and officials, that: ‘hundreds of fresh Ethiopian troops…

Kenya: UN report lists 7 Nairobi buildings as Al-Shabaab targets

* An internal UN security report circulated last Wednesday says Kenyan police listed seven buildings, the headquarters of the revenue…

Netherland’s Minister visits Puntland, Somalia

Netherlands Minister for International Cooperation and European Affairs visited Garowe, the capital of Puntland - the self-declared semi-autonomous region of…

Somalia: Kenya postpones Kismayo assault, despite Ethiopian pressure

The Kenyan army would like to wrest the Somalian port of Kismayo from the Al Shabaab Islamist militia by August, just…

Kenyan Air Force shells the port town Kismayo, southern Somalia

The Al Shabaab controlled port city of Kismayo, was shelled by helicopters on Thursday, as Kenyan troops backed by Somali…

Kenya: Swiss citizen on trial for alleged Al-Shabaab membership

A Kenyan court on Wednesday charged a Swiss man with being a member of Somalia’s Al-Qaeda allied Shabaab, the latest…

Meles Zenawi eyes an international role after retirement, Patrick Gilkes says

Patrick Gilkes, an advisor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and an author of books on Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia,…

Israel to deport Ethiopian, S.Sudanese and to lock Eritrean, Sudanese migrants

Highlights: * [Israeli PM] ordered his ministers to accelerate efforts to deport citizens of South Sudan, the Ivory Coast, Ghana…

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