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Somalia: Al-Shabaab bans Islamic Relief aid group

Somalia's Shabaab insurgents on Monday banned the aid agency Islamic Relief, one of the very few groups who were able…

Friday, October 19, 2012 @ 12:45 am

The Eritrean regime has a habit of selective reading of texts to fit them into its own bizarre worldview. This…

Friday, October 19, 2012 @ 12:39 am

The long efforts by the TFG and other pro-government forces, including AMISOM and Ethiopian units, to clean Somalia of the…

Saturday, October 6, 2012 @ 6:20 am

Islamist militants in Somalia say they have withdrawn from their southern stronghold of Kismayo, following an African Union (AU) military…

Saturday, September 29, 2012 @ 8:30 pm

African forces pushed al-Qaeda- linked militants from some positions in Somalia’s coastal city of Kismayo and are moving to seize…

Friday, September 28, 2012 @ 7:20 pm

There are reports today that Hizbul Islam, one of the extremist factions allied with Al-Shabaab is quitting its alliance it…

Wednesday, September 26, 2012 @ 12:07 am

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

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 latest report from the United Nations Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea has stirred tensions between Eritrea, Ethiopia…

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 @ 5:13 am

United States announced sanctions on 6 Al-Shabaab supporters on July 5. The list includes two senior Eritrean officials. Here is…

Sunday, July 8, 2012 @ 11:57 pm