Security | Horn Affairs

Somalia: Hizbul Islam quits its alliance with al-Shabaab

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

With the illness and death of Prime Minister Meles, many in the Diaspora and abroad, Ethiopian and non-Ethiopian alike, have…

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 @ 11:41 pm

Policy Briefing Africa Briefing N°89 Nairobi/Brussels, 22 August 2012 Ethiopia After Meles I. OVERVIEW The death of Prime Minister Meles…

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 @ 11:36 pm

The aim of this essay is to critically consider some of the doubts and speculations concerning the political future of…

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 @ 11:41 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

(By: William Davison) Ethiopia ’s government is in peace talks with the Ogaden National Liberation Front, an outlawed ethnic-Somali rebel…

Monday, September 10, 2012 @ 7:03 pm

Media reports indicated that the President granted pardon today for thousands of prisoners, including two Swedish journalists. Here are the…

Monday, September 10, 2012 @ 7:00 pm

[Summary of a discussion held at Chatham House last Month] * Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh (Minister of Economy, Finance and Planning,…

Sunday, August 19, 2012 @ 11:45 pm

An Ethiopian court approved on Thursday the government’s decision to block the distribution of Feteh newspaper’s last week issue. The…

Friday, July 27, 2012 @ 6:56 pm