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Ethio-Kenya border: Thousands flee clashes in Moyale

At least six people have been killed in a fresh wave of fighting between two rival groups near the northern…

AU endorses plan to increase AMISOM force to 17,000 plus

The AU Peace and Security Council endorsed the recommendation for increasing the level of AMISOM personnel by 5,000, so as…

Ethiopia: Plan to eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission needs Men

Ethiopia's new plan to eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission by 2015 cannot be attained unless men are more meaningfully involved in…

Ethiopia: Journalists and the rule of law

[from: A Week in the Horn - Dec. 30, 2011 issue.] The Federal High Court of Ethiopia has found two…

Kenya: Hunt for a British terror suspect

Jan 4 – Kenyan police have obtained a warrant of arrest against a British woman they accuse of having links…

Egypt’s new Foreign Minister to visit six Nile Basin countries in January

(Dec. 26, 2011) - Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr is scheduled to begin a tour of six Nile Basin countries…

China EXIM Bank tops World Bank as Africa’s lender

China’s EXIM Bank (Export-Import Bank of China) provided more loan to Africa than the World Bank in the last decade.…

Kenya-Somalia: Progress in the north, causality in the central fronts

Kenya’s military operation (Operation Linda Nchi) against Al-Shabaab was launched in mid-October in three directions, as reported previously in this…

Twelve key events on Kenya’s journey to the ICC

This holiday season Kenyans will be watching the International Criminal Court (ICC), awaiting a decision - expected between 23 December…

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…

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