Somalia

  • Dec 7, 2009
  • 2 min read

INTERNATIONAL: US unaware of bin Laden whereabouts

The United States does not know where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is and has had no reliable...

United States
  • Dec 7, 2009
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SOMALIA: Sharmarke calls for foreign support for TFG

Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke requested foreign intervention in a December...

Somalia
  • Dec 3, 2009
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SOMALIA: Bombing kills three TFG ministers

Three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) were among the victims of a bombing...

Somalia
  • Dec 2, 2009
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UN/ERITREA: Sanctions threat erodes regional security

Eritrea has rejected accusations that it is supporting Islamist fighters in Somalia opposed to...

Eritrea
  • Nov 17, 2009
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SOMALIA: Ahlu Sunna wal Jama'a looks to own interests

The chairman of Ahlu Sunna wal Jama'a in central Somalia, Sheikh Umar Muhammad Farah, today...

Somalia
  • Nov 11, 2009
  • 8 min read

PROSPECTS 2010: Horn of Africa and Sudan

Elections in Sudan, Ethiopia and Somaliland -- as well as continuing challenges to the...

Sudan
  • Nov 6, 2009
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SOMALIA/SAUDI ARABIA: Riyadh lifts livestock ban

Saudi Arabia yesterday announced that it was lifting restrictions on the import of livestock from...

Saudi Arabia
  • Nov 5, 2009
  • 7 min read

AFRICA: Eritrean isolation damages regional security

Eritrea has since the end of its 1998-2000 war with Ethiopia been cast by its neighbours and the...