Somalia

Al-Shabaab killed Kenyan soldiers [Map of troop movement]

A Kenyan security official told Reuters that two Kenyan soldiers were killed and four wounded when they were ambushed by…

Angola, Ethiopia top-performers in Global Hunger Index 2011

The African countries Angola and Ethiopia continue to register the highest improvement in the Global Hunger Index (GHI), according to…

Updates on Kenyan Army in Somalia and more

On Tuesday, the Kenyan troops have not yet entered Afmadow town, Al-Shabaab’s stronghold, located 100 KMs inside Somalia. The slow…

Kenyan Army 100 km inside Somalia – ‘Operation Linda Nchi’

Kenyan army launched a full scale military offensive against the Al-Quaeda-linked terrorist group Al-Shabaab on Saturday. Kenyan infantry has so…

Somaliland to extradite alleged OLF, ONLF operatives to Ethiopia

Somaliland is to extradite hundreds of Ethiopians, unofficial reports indicated. Somaliland is a breakaway northern territory of Somalia. Somaliland declared…

Eritrea: President Isaias Afeworki and his supporters

[From: A Week in the Horn of Africa, Oct. 7, 2011 issue.]  Mutual back-scratching by President Isaias and his supporters …

UN: Communiqué on Somalia mini-summit [full text]

The following communiqué was issued after the mini-summit on Somalia, held in New York, 23 September: The Secretary-General of the…

The BBC’s Newsnight – viewers call it ‘morally questionable’

[From: A Week in the Horn of Africa, the weekly press release of the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Friday,…

European Parliament resolution on Eritrea [full text]

Highlights (quotes): * Calls on the [EU] Council to urgently consider applying targeted sanctions on relevant Eritrean authorities including visa…

Communiqué of COMESA, EAC, SADC & IGAD Infrastructure Investment Conference – Sept 2011, Kenya

Tripartite & IGAD Infrastructure Investment Conference, 28th -29th September 2011, Nairobi, Kenya Outcomes, Conclusions & Way Forward 1. Background 1.1.…

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