Security

Leaked| Ethio-Sudan Joint Force irked Cairo, as Khartoum plot spy missions

Egyptians are upset by the Ethio-Sudan Joint Force, which Khartoum sees as an opportunity recruit spies on SPLM-N, a leaked…

Ethiopian diplomat dodges assault charges for shooting at Embassy in D.C.

Addis Ababa declined to waive the immunity of a diplomat charged in connection with a shooting during the storming of…

Kenya detains 2 Iranians terror suspects holding Israeli passports

(James Macharia and Humphrey Malalo) Kenyan anti-terror police have detained two Iranian men using forged Israeli passports to enter the…

U.S. Officials: Al Qaeda ‘extremely active’ in Somalia and Yemen

(Kristina Wong) National security officials warned Congress on Wednesday that Al Qaeda’s branches in Yemen and Somalia remain “extremely active.”…

U.S. warns its citizens “not travel to Eritrea” [full text]

U.S. Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs websiteEritrea Travel WarningSeptember 12, 2014 The U.S. Department of State warns U.S.…

Human Rights Watch| AMISOM troops sexually exploited Somali women

Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by African Union Forces in SomaliaHuman Rights WatchSeptember 8, 2014 Soldiers from the African Union Mission…

Somalia: al-Shabab terror group names new leader

(Abdi Guled) Somalia's Islamic extremist rebels, al-Shabab, named a new leader Saturday after confirming the killing of their previous leader…

Common enemy drawing Africa’s top spies closer

(Daniel Kalinaki) At the Safari Park Hotel on the outskirts of Nairobi, intelligence agents from across Africa circle each other,…

Somalian and AMISOM forces launch “Operation Indian Ocean”

Over the last few weeks, Somali officials and AMISOM officers have repeatedly warned that the Somali National Army and AMISOM…

Somalia: Al-Shabaab leader Ahmed Godane killed by US drone strike

(David Smith, Abdalle Ahmed and Tom McCarthy) The Pentagon has confirmed that Ahmed Abdi Godane, the leader of the Islamist…

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