Ethiopian troops invaded a Northern Somalia town in an attempt to arrest a Quran teacher, officials and residents confirm. The troops crossed into Buhoodle district in Northern Somalia on Monday evening, hunting for a Quran teacher who later on fled from the area. Buhoodle is located on the Somalia and Ethiopia border. The town serves
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By TOM ODULA, Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya — A U.S. drone strike in Somalia on Thursday is believed to have killed a senior member of the al-Shabab extremist group who allegedly helped plan the 2013 Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi, officials said. Adan Garar and two others are suspected to have been killed after their
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VOA- Somali militant group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for an attack in the town of Baidoa Thursday that left at least 12 people dead. The attack targeted the official residence and headquarters of Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden, a former speaker of Somalia’s parliament and the current head of Somalia’s South Western region. Witnesses said militants
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Addis Ababa (AFP) – South Sudan’s warring leaders failed to reach a deal to end more than a year of civil war, mediators said, with the latest collapse in peace talks paving the way for possible sanctions. Ethiopia’s prime minister said South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar missed a deadline to
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U.S. trade officials inked an agreement on Thursday aimed at increasing trade and investment with five East African nations while boosting the economic relationship across the continent. U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said the deal will ramp up the U.S. partnership with the East African Community (EAC), which includes Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda,
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Khartoum – Efforts are underway to convert link Sudan and Ethiopia’s common border to an area of integration between the two countries. The countries are also working to link their people by all means and to promote cooperation in all fields. Meanwhile, President Omar Al Bashir greeted the people of Tigray and all African peoples
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Al-Shabab has said it will target government officials Some 20 people, including senior officials, have been killed in an attack on a hotel in the Somali capital, witnesses have told the BBC. The Central Hotel, often frequented by politicians, was hit by a car bomb and a suicide attack. Gunmen then stormed the hotel mosque
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ELEVEN Ethiopia nationals arrested on Monday for being in Kenya illegally have been fined Sh10,000 each or three-month jail terms. The 11 yesterday pleaded guilty to the charges before chief magistrate Steven Riech and asked the court to forgive them. They were heading to South Africa when police arrested them at Mrima, Likoni subcounty, after
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Ethiopia is to start using the Port of Berbera of Somaliland this month on an agreement reached between the two countries on January 29, 2015, while the use of Port Sudan has started by the importation of 50,000tn of fertilizer. Ethiopia is distributes its cargo among neighboring countries’ ports as the country needs alternative ports
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By Paul Richardson (Bloomberg) — Ethiopia and Djibouti accused Eritrea of sabotaging regional stability, a charge denied by the Horn of Africa nation which has fought with both neighbors. Eritrea’s government has a “continuous destabilization policy” and the international community should tighten sanctions, the leaders of Ethiopia and Djibouti said in a statement following
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