Somalia

Somalia: Gov’t, AU troops assault on Al-Shabaab

[The following update, titled TFG and AMISOM forces pre-empt Al-Shabaab attack, is from A Week in the Horn, August 5…

Earthquake hit eastern Ethiopia, vibrations felt in Dire Dawa

Moderate earth quake hit eastern Ethiopia Tuesday after mid-night. The magnitude of the earth quake was 4.6 Richter scale, according…

Somalia: Famine spreads to three more areas [Press Release]

Highlights: Three Agro-pastorals districts and IDP settlement areas reached famine stage. - in addition to the two areas, where famine…

UN Tightens Sanctions Regime on Eritrea, Somalia [Text of Resolution 2002-2011]

The United Nations Security Council decided unanimously to tighten the Sanctions regime on Somalia and Eritrea and Somalia, as well…

Eritrean Terrorism: Key personalities and facilities | UN Report

The United Nations had already sanction Eritrea for destabilizing the Horn of Africa region. Its resolution 1907/2009, explicitly prohibits provision…

Somalia: Al-Shabaab planning offensive?

[The following update, titled Al-Shabaab planning another Ramadan offensive?, is from A Week in the Horn July 29 issue.] Al-Shabaab…

[Excerpts] UN report confirms Eritrea-ONLF-Somalia’s Islamic Courts Union link

Highlight: In 2006, following the seizure of Mogadishu by the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), Eritrean assistance to UIC was…

UN report: Eritrea plotted to ‘make Addis Ababa like Baghdad’

UN confirmed Eritrea plotted to attack an African Union summit in Ethiopia in January and is financing Al-Shabaab, the al…

Text of UN report on Eritrea’s plot to bomb AU summit

Highlight: “Te’ame opened his laptop and showed me a video about how Iraqi insurgents have used explosives to powerful effect.…

UN Security Council Resolution 1907-2009 | on Eritrea

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1907 Adopted by the Security Council at its 6254th meeting, on 23 December 2009 The…

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