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Al-Shabaab militants ambush Somali President’s convoy

* Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed Sharif narrowly escaped death Tuesday when a convoy in which he was travelling was…

Friday, June 1, 2012 @ 11:41 pm

Kenya’s military seized the Somali towns of Afmadow and Hayo as it prepared to capture the port city of Kismayo…

Friday, June 1, 2012 @ 11:30 pm

Aid agencies are calling for more food assistance for areas in southern and northeastern Ethiopia where erratic rains have adversely…

Thursday, May 31, 2012 @ 7:53 pm

The World Bank released its Doing Business 2012 report that ranks some 183 economies against 10 benchmarks deemed suggestive of…

Thursday, May 31, 2012 @ 7:49 pm

The US-funded FEWS Net (Famine Early Warning Systems Network) released Food Security updates for Kenya and Somalia. Here are the…

Thursday, May 31, 2012 @ 7:39 pm

Most of those displaced by post-election violence mainly in Kenya’s Rift Valley Province five years ago have been resettled, but…

Thursday, May 31, 2012 @ 7:36 pm

Ethiopian National Defense Forces(ENDF) crushed an Eritrean army attack last weekend, a military source said. The incident took place after…

Thursday, May 31, 2012 @ 6:19 pm

A certain man named Richard Dowden, Director of the Royal African Society, apparently met Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi this…

Tuesday, May 29, 2012 @ 4:07 am

Quotes from the text: * According to recent estimates, in addition to creating employment for women in the economic sectors,…

Monday, May 28, 2012 @ 11:47 pm

Eritrea’s President Isaias Afewerki held talks with Sudanese President Omer Hassan Al-Bashir on Thursday(May 24, 2012) in Asmara on a…

Monday, May 28, 2012 @ 1:59 pm