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The UN Security Council’s latest resolution on Somalia

On Tuesday this week the UN Security Council met to consider Somalia, unanimously adopting Resolution 2067 (2012), reiterating its commitment…

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 @ 11:52 pm

The European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs has declared that the EU remains deeply concerned that the Government of…

Saturday, September 22, 2012 @ 8:07 pm

Ethiopia’s new Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalgne and Demeke Mekonen will take oath tomorrow, the Office of the Spokesperson of the…

Thursday, September 20, 2012 @ 4:46 am

TPLF (Tigray People Liberation Front) elected Abay Woldu and Debretsion Gebremikael as Chairman and Deputy, respectively yesterday. TPLF is one…

Thursday, September 20, 2012 @ 4:45 am

The 180-membered Council of the ruling party, EPRDF, elected new leaders last Saturday, at the end of its two-days meeting. …

Thursday, September 20, 2012 @ 4:43 am

Somalia's Parliament on Monday elected Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, aged 56, as President of Somalia for the next four years. The…

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 @ 11:40 pm

The deaths of three more journalists have been reported at the notorious and isolated prison camp of Eiraeiro in north-eastern…

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 @ 11:20 pm

The Ethiopian National Defence Forces (ENDF) saw today one of the major promotions in recent years. President of the Republic,…

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 @ 11:19 pm

(By: William Davison) Ethiopia ’s government is in peace talks with the Ogaden National Liberation Front, an outlawed ethnic-Somali rebel…

Monday, September 10, 2012 @ 7:03 pm

Media reports indicated that the President granted pardon today for thousands of prisoners, including two Swedish journalists. Here are the…

Monday, September 10, 2012 @ 7:00 pm