Security | Horn Affairs

Somalia: Parliament endorses the new Prime Minister

In an extraordinary session held today (October 17) Somalia’s Parliament unanimously endorsed Abdi Farah Shirdon as Prime Minister of Somalia.…

Friday, October 19, 2012 @ 12:42 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

(By William Davison) Several thousand Ethiopian Muslims protested in the capital, Addis Ababa, against what they say is government interference…

Saturday, October 6, 2012 @ 8:16 pm

Many Eritreans who have taken refuge in Canada have complained for years that the Eritrean government has continued to try…

Saturday, October 6, 2012 @ 6:23 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

The 7th Ethio-Sudanese Joint Defense Committee of the Chiefs of Staff concluded its three day meeting here in Addis Ababa…

Saturday, October 6, 2012 @ 6:11 am

Communiqué: Fifth Meeting of the Sudan/South Sudan Consultative Forum New York - 1. The Sudan-South Sudan Consultative Forum (SSSCF), initially…

Thursday, October 4, 2012 @ 6:18 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Islamist militants in Somalia say they have withdrawn from their southern stronghold of Kismayo, following an African Union (AU) military…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

After five days of talks, Sudan President Omer Al-Bashir and President Salva Kiir Mayardit have managed to sign an agreement…

Friday, September 28, 2012 @ 4:48 am