Somalia

Sudanese, Somalian on trial for ‘joining Al-Shabaab’ in UAE

A United Arab Emirates news outlet, The National, reported yesterday that three Sudanese and one Somalian citizens are on trial…

Somalia: Elders confer on draft Constitution, for legislative elections

The conference of Somali elders in Mogadishu which opened last Saturday has continued all this week. It is supposed to…

Al-Qaeda commends Al-Shabaab, advises against negotiations

Al Qaeda leader Dr Ayman al-Zawahiri has called on Somalia’s Al Shabaab group militia to disregard international peace efforts and…

Ethiopia: Amb. Shinn doubts gov’t promotion of Al-Ahbash ideology

Former US Ambassador to Ethiopia, David Shinn, said, ‘I doubt that [the government] would push a particular Muslim ideology such…

Ethiopia: Norway signed a new MoU and to ‘double support’

Ethiopia and Norway signed a new Memorandum of Understanding yesterday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. The two sides were…

Al Shabaab and Al Qaeda in Kenya to unify the ‘Horn of Africa jihad’

The militant group Al Shabaab said it has allied with Al Qaeda in a drive to establish an Islamic state…

Al-Shabaab split threatens to open new conflict between Somalia’s Islamists

Despite recent celebrations of its merger with al-Qaeda, Somalia’s Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen movement has been suffering from a power struggle…

Ethiopia: Oil- explorer expects billions of barrels in Ogaden basin

SouthWest Energy, an Ethiopian oil- exploration company, said it’s optimistic about the results of a seismic survey in the Ogaden…

Ethiopia to host frm. Yemen president Saleh for 2 years | Yemen media

Yemeni news outlets are reporting that Ethiopia agreed to host their former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh. The request was made…

Analysis: Dahir Aweys and the Politics of the Al-Shabaab Split

An analysis published on AfricanArguements on April 4, 2012, authored by Abdi Aynte, a journalist for Al Jazeera English, elucidates…

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