Somalia

Somalia: Two aid workers killed in Mogadishu [MSF Press statement]

Two aid workers were shot dead in Somalia capital, Mogadishu, according to a press statement from Medecins Sans Frontieres. The…

Horn of Africa: Drought highlights of year 2011

Severe drought, exacerbated by poverty and conflict, hit at least four countries in 2011 - Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia…

Ethiopia, Somalia troops captured Beledweyne from Al-Shabaab

On Saturday afternoon, Ethiopian and TFG (Transitional Federal Government of Somalia) troops captured Beledweyne, a strategic town located 30 kilometers…

Somalia: Djibouti troops join AMISOM | AFP

Dec. 20, 2011 (AFP) — The first Djiboutian contingent of 100 soldiers landed in Mogadishu Tuesday to join the African…

France, Djibouti signed a new Defense Cooperation treaty

President Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti who has been in a visit to France this week met with President Nicolas…

Britain’s Christmas gift for the Horn of Africa

In a press release yesterday, Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell announced the ‘British-funded food supplies and lifesaving medicines [that] will arrive…

Somalia: Rape on the rise amid “climate of fear” in Mogadishu IDP camps

The number of reported rapes in camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, has risen sharply,…

Ethiopia: The illicit financials outflow in perspective

The United States-based non-profit research body, Global Financial Integrity(GFI), released a report, titled ‘Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries Over…

Al-Shabaab militants fled Afmadow town | Kenya media

Al-Shabaab militants have fled the key town of Afmadow fearing attacks from the Kenya Defence Forces, military sources said on…

Consolidated Appeal for Somalia 2012 – UN OCHA

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Consolidated Appeal for Somalia 2012 Updated Date: 14 December 2011 Increased emergency…

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