Somaliland regional authorities on Saturday (January 26th) seized a ship carrying weapons, artillery and armed vehicles at Berbera port, Somaliland Press reported. Somaliland Interior Minister Ali Mohamed Waranadde said the coastguard discovered military equipment on board the ship during a routine inspection as it was unloading cargo. “The military hardware on board the cargo ship
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Private equity firm Ascent Capital wants to increase its east Africa fund to $60 million by mid-2015 from $50 million it has raised so far and plans to announce completion of its first investment in about two weeks, a partner said on Monday. Ascent is one of several private equity firms to
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By Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders is happy to learn of the release on bail of six Eritrean journalists who had been held since a wave of arrests in February 2009. They are Bereket Misghina, Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu and Basilios Zemo of Radio Bana, Meles Negusse Kiflu, who worked for Radio Bana and Radio
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(BBC) The crisis in Yemen deepened on Thursday as officials reported that both the president and his government had resigned. It comes amid an ongoing stand-off with Shia Houthi rebels. Houthi gunmen have a tight grip on the capital, Sanaa, and still hold a presidential aide abducted last week. They had previously committed to withdrawing
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CAIRO — At a time when the Egyptian government officially acknowledged that obstacles re-emerged in the negotiations with Ethiopia over the Renaissance Dam — which is threatening the Egyptian share of the Nile’s waters — Egypt is seeking to take advantage of the rapprochement between the Egyptian and Ethiopian Coptic churches. This was shown during
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CAIRO — At a time when the Egyptian government officially acknowledged that obstacles re-emerged in the negotiations with Ethiopia over the Renaissance Dam — which is threatening the Egyptian share of the Nile’s waters — Egypt is seeking to take advantage of the rapprochement between the Egyptian and Ethiopian Coptic churches. This was shown during
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Middle East and Africa Drugs smuggling in Africa The Smack Track EXPERTS are calling it the African “Smack Track”: a circuitous route to smuggle heroin from Afghanistan to Europe, passing through east Africa. Two drug busts in November, netting 712kg of the stuff, closed a record year for heroin seizures off the coast of Kenya.
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By William Davison An Ethiopian court sentenced three British citizens to prison after finding them guilty of trying to establish Islamic rule in the country through acts of “terrorism,” according to a Justice Ministry official. Ali Adorus was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in Ethiopian prison, while Somalia-born Mohammed Ahmed and Ahmed Elmi were each
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Kenyans near world’s largest desert lake predict conflict, hunger and cultural devastation when hydroelectric project is completed An armed Turkana man on the shore of Lake Turkana. Locals fear the completion of the Gibe III dam could exacerbate tension in the region between Kenyans and Ethiopians. Photograph: Siegfried Modola/Reuters By John Vidal, The Guardian People living near
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Kenyans near world’s largest desert lake predict conflict, hunger and cultural devastation when hydroelectric project is completed An armed Turkana man on the shore of Lake Turkana. Locals fear the completion of the Gibe III dam could exacerbate tension in the region between Kenyans and Ethiopians. Photograph: Siegfried Modola/Reuters By John Vidal, The Guardian People living near
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