Two decades after “Black Hawk Down,” U.S. special operations forces are back in East Africa’s most troubled nation. FP provides a rare window into their shadowy operations. BY TY MCCORMICK KISMAYO, Somalia — Some say the Americans are everywhere. Some say they are nowhere. Still others say they are everywhere and nowhere at once. But
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The Foreign Office has pushed for consular access to Andargachew Tsige with no tangible results, since the British citizen was abducted in Ethiopia a year ago The UN has demanded the immediate release of a Briton held on death row in Ethiopia for more than a year, an intervention that campaigners say exposes Britain’s poor
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Near the White House on Friday, Serkalem Selassie and her 9-year-old son, Nafkot, protested President Obama’s upcoming trip to Ethiopia. As a journalist in her homeland, she was jailed, and Nafkot was born while she was in prison. She has political asylum now. (Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post) By Pamela Constable When Barack Obama entered
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BY HUSSIEN MOHAMED According to security officials an Ethiopian military commander has surrendered to Al Shabab militants in Kansahdhere,Bay Province. The Ethiopian left AMISOM base in Kansahdhere and joined Al Shabaab camp in Ufurow. The armed group Al Shabab have said they welcomed the Ethiopian commander who promised to convert his religion to Islam. Ethiopian
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Ethiopian authorities must stop harassing two men and two women linked to the opposition Semayawi (Blue) Party, and immediately release them from detention, Amnesty International said as they were expected to face fresh charges in court today in the capital Addis Ababa. “On five separate occasions over the course of the last 10 days, three
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The Washington Post Regarding the June 25 editorial “The wrong message on democracy”: President Obama should pass up Ethiopia and visit Nigeria. Nigeria plays a far more critical role in regional security and economic issues. Nigeria’s recent elections — open and peaceful, as opposed to Ethiopia’s — encourage hope for progress and security in the region. If
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By Michelle Nicholas UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States has proposed six rival commanders from South Sudan be the first people blacklisted by the United Nations Security Council for threatening the peace and stability of the world’s newest state. The council’s 15-member South Sudan sanctions committee operates by consensus, so if there are no
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By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The African Union has called for Britain to release Rwanda’s intelligence chief after his arrest on a warrant issued by Spain, which accuses him of killings after the 1994 genocide, Rwanda’s foreign minister said on Friday. After a meeting of the African Union’s Peace and Security Council, Rwandan
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