Politics

UN expert: Indefinite, prolonged solitary confinement should be banned

“Segregation, isolation, separation, cellular, lockdown, Supermax, the hole, Secure Housing Unit (SHU)… whatever the name, solitary confinement should be banned…

Aid agencies finance rebels inadvertently: Médecins Sans Frontières researcher

Highlights: * "That fighting forces seek to take advantage of aid groups is unavoidable,.....The fact is that unless we provide…

Ethiopia and South Sudan sign a Technical Assistance MOU

Ethiopia and South Sudan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Technical Assistance and Cooperation for the placement of sixty…

White House: No military bases in Ethiopia, but Reconnaissance aircrafts

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said, ‘there are no U.S. military bases in Ethiopia’. Mr. Carney made the remark…

Al-Shabaab ambushed Kenyans | Army perp for an assault on Burgabo

An estimated 45 Al-Shabaab fighters ambushed Kenyan troops who were travelling from the Somali town of Tabda to Beles Qooqani,…

Eritrean President asks for a meeting with UN Security council

Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki has asked to come and personally speak to the Security Council, a US media reported a…

US Air force confirms deploying drones in Ethiopia

Last month, the Washington Post reported that: ‘the Obama administration is assembling a constellation of secret drone bases for counterterrorism…

Somalia: Kenya denies jets crash, as US expresses support

Kenyan Army denied media reports of Kenyan fighter jets crash in Somalia. On Tuesday, the Iranian Press-TV reported ‘two Kenyan…

Terrorism, security, civil liberties and human rights organizations

[From: A Week in the Horn of Africa, Oct. 21, 2011 issue.] Terrorism, security, civil liberties and human rights organizations …

Nairobi: Two terror attacks in a day

Two bomb explosions took place in Nairobi yesterday. The latest explosion occurred in a crowded working-class bus stop on Monday…

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