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PM wary of US condemnation; UK stopped Uganda? |Ethiopia’s Somalia intervention 2006

The Ethiopian Prime Minister was wary of a possible US condemnation about two month before launching a military offensive in…

Friday, November 4, 2011 @ 12:17 pm

It is fashionable for detractors of Ethiopia to claim that ‘Zenawi invaded Somalia at the behest of George Bush’, as…

Friday, November 4, 2011 @ 11:25 am

HORN OF AFRICA – DROUGHT FACT SHEET #4, FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2012 Oct. 27, 2011 KEY DEVELOPMENTS During the week…

Sunday, October 30, 2011 @ 8:49 am

An estimated 45 Al-Shabaab fighters ambushed Kenyan troops who were travelling from the Somali town of Tabda to Beles Qooqani,…

Friday, October 28, 2011 @ 6:18 am

Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki has asked to come and personally speak to the Security Council, a US media reported a…

Friday, October 28, 2011 @ 4:49 am

Last month, the Washington Post reported that: ‘the Obama administration is assembling a constellation of secret drone bases for counterterrorism…

Friday, October 28, 2011 @ 4:03 am

Kenyan Army denied media reports of Kenyan fighter jets crash in Somalia. On Tuesday, the Iranian Press-TV reported ‘two Kenyan…

Thursday, October 27, 2011 @ 1:12 am

[From: A Week in the Horn of Africa, Oct. 21, 2011 issue.] Terrorism, security, civil liberties and human rights organizations …

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 @ 10:00 pm

Two bomb explosions took place in Nairobi yesterday. The latest explosion occurred in a crowded working-class bus stop on Monday…

Tuesday, October 25, 2011 @ 1:47 pm

Western powers are taking part in Kenya’s military offensive in Somalia, media reports indicate. Kenyan army marched to southern Somalia…

Tuesday, October 25, 2011 @ 1:44 pm