Category: Al-Shabaab
AU endorses plan to increase AMISOM force to 17,000 plus
The AU Peace and Security Council endorsed the recommendation for increasing the level of AMISOM.
Kenya: Hunt for a British terror suspect
Jan 4 – Kenyan police have obtained a warrant of arrest against a British woman.
Kenya-Somalia: Progress in the north, causality in the central fronts
Kenya’s military operation (Operation Linda Nchi) against Al-Shabaab was launched in mid-October in three directions,.
Ethiopia, Somalia troops captured Beledweyne from Al-Shabaab
On Saturday afternoon, Ethiopian and TFG (Transitional Federal Government of Somalia) troops captured Beledweyne, a.
Somalia: Djibouti troops join AMISOM | AFP
Dec. 20, 2011 (AFP) — The first Djiboutian contingent of 100 soldiers landed in Mogadishu.
Somalia: Rape on the rise amid “climate of fear” in Mogadishu IDP camps
The number of reported rapes in camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Mogadishu, the.
Al-Shabaab militants fled Afmadow town | Kenya media
Al-Shabaab militants have fled the key town of Afmadow fearing attacks from the Kenya Defence.
Now Asmara puts blame on Russians as well as Americans
[from: A Week in the Horn of Africa – Dec. 16, 2011] Since the tightening.
Ban Ki-moon visits Somalia, UN office relocates to Mogadishu
Dec. 9, 2011 (UN News Center) – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid an unannounced visit to.
Somalia President in Addis Ababa for security talks
A delegation of Somali politicians and military officials led by President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed.