Al-Shabaab | Horn Affairs

Ethiopia-Eritrea: Rising Tensions Amid New Opportunities for Engagement

* 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

July 3, 2012: Ethiopia has emerged as East Africa’s political powerhouse, despite being landlocked. Eritrea controls what used to be…

Friday, July 6, 2012 @ 3:01 am

America's "war on terror" now has brought us deep into tropical Africa and the Sahel. We learned last week that…

Wednesday, July 4, 2012 @ 11:30 pm

The agreement reached between signatories of the “Somalia Roadmap” here in Addis to end the transition and on wide area…

Friday, June 29, 2012 @ 7:05 pm

Department of foreign affairs is urging Canadians in or traveling to Kenya to exercise ‘a high degree of caution’ after…

Tuesday, June 26, 2012 @ 11:46 pm

Head of the Civil Service Francis Kimemia and Tourism minister Dan Mwazo have accused the US of economic sabotage for…

Tuesday, June 26, 2012 @ 11:43 pm

Kenyan police have arrested two Iranians on suspicion of planning terrorist attacks in concert with al-Shabaab, the extremist group based…

Tuesday, June 26, 2012 @ 11:38 pm

Kenya Defence Force now has its sights trained on Al-Shabaab’s last frontier and lifeline town of Kismayu, Somalia’s third largest…

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 @ 11:59 pm

Ethiopian troops withdrew from three more towns of south central Somalia last Tuesday. That is two days after they abandoned…

Sunday, June 17, 2012 @ 2:27 am