Over the past five years, Kenya, Uganda, Djibouti and the self-declared republic of Somaliland have all been attacked by Somalia-based Al-Shabab militants. Ethiopia, which invaded Somalia in 2006 to fight Al-Shabab, has since evaded a large-scale attack. According to Tewolde Mulugeta of Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the country’s secret to preventing attacks is public
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By ABDULKADIR KHALIF, AFRICA REVIEW Correspondent in Mogadishu Ethiopian troops patrol at the entrance of an abandoned building in Baidoa, Somalia. An Amisom Sector four commander indicated that some Ethiopian troops receive orders from Addis Ababa and do not operate under Amisom. PHOTO | FILE | AFP Some of the Ethiopian soldiers operating in Central
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Obama has expressed keen interest in learning from Ethiopia’s counterterrorism and counterinsurgency strategies. After the fanfare accorded to the United States President Barack Obama by Kenya, the last stop was Ethiopia. Of grand symbolic importance, Obama’s visit to East Africa was clearly historic, as he is the first sitting US president to do so. A
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Obama has expressed keen interest in learning from Ethiopia’s counterterrorism and counterinsurgency strategies. After the fanfare accorded to the United States President Barack Obama by Kenya, the last stop was Ethiopia. Of grand symbolic importance, Obama’s visit to East Africa was clearly historic, as he is the first sitting US president to do so. A
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AFP – Last month’s al-Shabaab assault on a AMISOM base left dozens of Burundian soldiers dead in one of the deadliest incidents in eight years ago. AFRICAN Union troops said Sunday they had launched a new offensive against Al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabaab rebels in southern Somalia, vowing to flush the insurgents out of rural areas. The African
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By ABDULKADIR KHALIF A large contingent of Ethiopian troops has crossed into Somalia, reports from Gedo region indicated Wednesday. Eyewitnesses in Dolo town, 450 kilometres southwest of Mogadishu, told the media that the troops proceeded to Luq, about 100 kilometres away. “A force about 3,000-strong armed with heavy weaponry crossed the border into Somalia and
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By Ingrid Formanek and Omar Nor Nairobi, Kenya (CNN)Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility Tuesday for a nighttime attack on two homes in northeastern Kenya’s Mandera County. The attack killed at least 14 people and injured 11 others, according to Mandera County Commissioner Alex Nkoyo. The compound housed primarily quarry workers. The attack began around 1 a.m. when
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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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Mogadishu (AFP) – African Union troops fighting Somalia’s Shebab insurgents have pulled back from several key towns following a series of attacks by the Al-Qaeda-affiliated fighters, local officials said Friday. The withdrawal, a rare retreat after AU troops seized swathes of territory from the radical Islamists, includes the towns of Qoryoley and Awdhegele, which have
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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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