Somalia
Pressure on Eritrea risks igniting regional tensions
On July 4, an extraordinary summit of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)...
EritreaEast African drought raises food security fears
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warned today that more than 10 million...
EthiopiaZawahri cannot halt al-Qaida global decline
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on June 19 that al-Qaida could splinter following the...
InternationalExtended mandate may not save divided Somali TFIs
On June 8, President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Parliamentary Speaker Sharif Hassan Sheikh...
SomaliaSomali leaders create chance to consolidate transition
Following a meeting of the International Contact Group on Somalia in Uganda earlier...
SomaliaMogadishu control would provide space for Somali talks
The African Union peace-keeping mission (AMISOM) said yesterday that it has begun an operation to...
SomaliaAU peacekeepers seize territory from Somalia rebels
African Union (AU) peacekeepers yesterday said that they have succeeded in taking territory from...
SomaliaPrice pressure fuels Ethiopian regional assertiveness
Ethiopia assured an Egyptian delegation on May 3 that it would refrain from ratifying a new Nile...
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