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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…

Sudan-South Sudan: Talks on oil to resume in Addis in January

Following discussions with representatives of governments of Sudan and South Sudan, the AU High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) has set out…

UN issues first report on human rights of gay and lesbian people

December 15, 2011 (UN News Center) – The first ever United Nations report on the human rights of lesbian, gay,…

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…

Ethiopians in Yemen: Hundreds came home, thousands remain behind

Hundreds of Ethiopians stranded in Yemen are being flown home by the International Organization of Migration(IOM) and the Ethiopian government.…

Ethiopian Air Force to train South Africans

South African Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Lindiwe Sisulu, told reporters that Ethiopia and South Africa would sign a…

Egypt: UN official condemns attack against Women protesters

December 21, 2011 (UN News Center) - The head of the United Nation entity tasked with promoting gender equality today…

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: Army replaced 13 Generals and 303 Colonels

The Ethiopian National Defence Forces (ENDF) is undertaking major overhaul, Defence Minister Siraj Fegessa said last Tuesday. In his appearance…

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