Somalia

  • Aug 19, 2009
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ERITREA/ETHIOPIA: Asmara loses on reparations ruling

A reparations panel established under the 2000 Algiers Peace Agreement yesterday set out the...

Eritrea
  • Aug 18, 2009
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SOMALIA: Cabinet reshuffle will not alleviate pressure

Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke announced a partial cabinet reshuffle today, amid...

Somalia
  • Aug 12, 2009
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KENYA: Leaders marginalise key threats to security

The focus of current political debate remains fixed on meeting the demands of the 2008...

Kenya
  • Aug 12, 2009
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SOMALIA: Deaths highlight Puntland security challenge

Gunmen today opened fire on a mosque in Galkayo, capital of the semi-autonomous region of...

Somalia
  • Aug 7, 2009
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AFRICA/US: Clinton pledges more aid to Somalia

In Nairobi during her seven-nation tour of Africa, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...

United States
  • Aug 4, 2009
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INT/AFRICA: Nigerians seize Lithuanian crewmen

Five Lithuanians were taken hostage this morning from the Saturnas refrigerator ship off Nigeria,...

  • Jul 21, 2009
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SOMALIA: Al-Shabaab targets UN operations

Fighters from the radical Islamist group al-Shabaab yesterday raided two UN compounds, in Baidoa...

Somalia
  • Jul 15, 2009
  • 7 min read

AFRICA/GULF STATES: Horn-Gulf links slowly deepen

The Horn of Africa is of some strategic importance to the countries of the Arabian peninsula and...

Gulf States