Terrorism | 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

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

United States announced sanctions on 6 Al-Shabaab supporters on July 5. The list includes two senior Eritrean officials. Here is…

Sunday, July 8, 2012 @ 11:57 pm

July 3, 2012: Ethiopia has emerged as East Africa’s political powerhouse, despite being landlocked. Eritrea controls what used to be…

Friday, July 6, 2012 @ 3:01 am

America's "war on terror" now has brought us deep into tropical Africa and the Sahel. We learned last week that…

Wednesday, July 4, 2012 @ 11:30 pm

"It has been the longest year in our lives," photojournalist Johan Persson and journalist Martin Schibbye said. They were arrested…

Wednesday, July 4, 2012 @ 11:27 pm

On June 14, 2012, the White House announced a new U.S. Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa that provides a proactive and…

Wednesday, July 4, 2012 @ 11:27 pm

The agreement reached between signatories of the “Somalia Roadmap” here in Addis to end the transition and on wide area…

Friday, June 29, 2012 @ 7:05 pm

The Federal High Court on Wednesday found Andualem Arage and 23 others, charged with crimes of terrorism, high treason and…

Wednesday, June 27, 2012 @ 11:59 pm

Department of foreign affairs is urging Canadians in or traveling to Kenya to exercise ‘a high degree of caution’ after…

Tuesday, June 26, 2012 @ 11:46 pm