Somalia | Horn Affairs

US – Ethiopia meetings on the eve of Ethiopia’s Somalia intervention 2006

It is fashionable for detractors of Ethiopia to claim that ‘Zenawi invaded Somalia at the behest of George Bush’, as…

Friday, November 4, 2011 @ 11:25 am

HORN OF AFRICA – DROUGHT FACT SHEET #4, FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2012 Oct. 27, 2011 KEY DEVELOPMENTS During the week…

Sunday, October 30, 2011 @ 8:49 am

An estimated 45 Al-Shabaab fighters ambushed Kenyan troops who were travelling from the Somali town of Tabda to Beles Qooqani,…

Friday, October 28, 2011 @ 6:18 am

Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki has asked to come and personally speak to the Security Council, a US media reported a…

Friday, October 28, 2011 @ 4:49 am

Last month, the Washington Post reported that: ‘the Obama administration is assembling a constellation of secret drone bases for counterterrorism…

Friday, October 28, 2011 @ 4:03 am

Kenyan Army denied media reports of Kenyan fighter jets crash in Somalia. On Tuesday, the Iranian Press-TV reported ‘two Kenyan…

Thursday, October 27, 2011 @ 1:12 am

Two bomb explosions took place in Nairobi yesterday. The latest explosion occurred in a crowded working-class bus stop on Monday…

Tuesday, October 25, 2011 @ 1:47 pm

Western powers are taking part in Kenya’s military offensive in Somalia, media reports indicate. Kenyan army marched to southern Somalia…

Tuesday, October 25, 2011 @ 1:44 pm

[Here are four updates that should have been included in the previous update, on Saturday, of Kenyan military operation in…

Monday, October 24, 2011 @ 11:58 pm

Child rights activists have expressed concern over the stagnation of a juvenile justice law in Somalia's self-declared independent Republic of…

Monday, October 24, 2011 @ 11:00 pm