The African Union and the Republic of Djibouti have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that provides for the deployment of a second Djiboutian battalion of 900 troops within the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).The MoU was signed late on Thursday at AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, by the AU Commissioner for Peace and
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By Stefan Smith Nairobi (AFP) – From hit and run attacks and massacres to a shopping trip, Somali-led Shebab militants are on the march in northeastern Kenya. With large numbers of troops in southern Somalia but seemingly unable to effectively police its own outer regions, Kenya must react quickly to stop the al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamists from
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By Stefan Smith Nairobi (AFP) – From hit and run attacks and massacres to a shopping trip, Somali-led Shebab militants are on the march in northeastern Kenya. With large numbers of troops in southern Somalia but seemingly unable to effectively police its own outer regions, Kenya must react quickly to stop the al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamists from
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Wani Tombe Lako (ADDIS ABABA) – A South Sudanese academician, professor Wani Tombe Lako, died on Wednesday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. He was found dead while in his apartment on Wednesday morning. Tombe who used to live in exile in England last year came to Ethiopia and sought membership of the opposition faction
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By BY CHARLTON DOKI Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan — Sudan has been supplying South Sudanese rebels with weapons and ammunition, a London-based research organization said Tuesday in a new report that appears to back South Sudan’s persistent allegations of northern interference. The report by Conflict Armament Research, which investigates weapons trafficking, said 70 percent
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MOGADISHU, 2015 (Xinhua) — At least 50 people were killed and scores of others injured in border clashes between Somali clan militia and Ethiopian government paramilitary unit since last week, the Somali authorities said on Monday. Somalia’s Galgadud region governor, Hussein Weheliye Cirfo, said most of the victims are civilians in the week-long fighting between
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Two major developments in Somalia and Djibouti have attracted international media attention recently. John Kerry became the first US Secretary of State to visit Mogadishu, whilst China has negotiated the construction of a military base in the strategic port of Djibouti. These two “symbolic” and substantive developments represent both an opportunity and a challenge for
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At least 20 people have been killed and more than 40 injured in small villages close to the Somalia and Ethiopian border, where forces from the Somali Regional State of Ethiopia and pastoralists have been fighting, an official has said. The governor of Galgadud region of Somalia, Hussein Ali Wehelie, has told local media outlets
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(STANDARD DIGITAL) – Kenya has deployed military troops along Sololo border following Tuesday’s invasion of Ethiopian government soldiers into three villages in Uran Ward within the county. The military arrived in Sololo District on Tuesday, hours after the Ethiopian soldiers had left after invading villages and have been patrolling the border since then. Uran Ward
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) – Several Kenyan police officers were killed in an attack Monday night by suspected Somali militants in the northeastern Garissa county, where 148 students were massacred last month, police said Tuesday. A police spokesman, George Kimoti, confirmed there was an attack in the Garissa region, and two security officials said many police
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