Italian Police Arrest Eritrean Gang Who Smuggled Migrants

The Guardian Alleged human traffickers who had arranged more than 20 boat trips from north Africa to Europe picked up in sting operation in Italy and Germany A boat with migrants is towed by an Italian military ship off the coast of Sicily. A boat with migrants is towed by an Italian military ship off

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Somali bomb explodes near UN convoy 4 dead

BBC A Somali intelligence officer was killed in the blast, police say At least four people have been killed in a car bomb blast next to a UN convoy in Somalia’s capital, police say. The bomb exploded as the convoy travelled along the road near the airport in Mogadishu, police said. A second blast targeted

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Kenya: Suspected Islamist Rebels Kill 36 Workers

By TOM ODULA, Associated Press NAIROBI- At least 36 quarry workers were killed early Tuesday in northern Kenya by suspected Islamic extremists from Somalia, said Kenyan police. The killings happened in Mandera County near the border with Somalia and the attackers escaped, said Kenyan police chief David Kimaiyo. The workers were ambushed at the quarry

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Nine charged for spying on Ethiopia’s defence force

BY  TAMIRU TSIGE, The Reporter Seven Ethiopian and two Eritrean nationals this week were charged with espionage on Ethiopia’s defence force stationed at the Ethio-Eritrean border. The charge filed at the nineteenth criminal bench of the Federal High Court alleges that the defendants maintained clandestine communications with the Eritrean Intelligence Agency. The suspects are accused

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Tanzania’s Masai face homeland eviction…so Dubai royals can hunt

AFP AFP Photo / Mandel Ngan Africa, Human rights, Law Masai people living in northern Tanzania are facing eviction from their historical homeland, as the government has reportedly reneged on a promise and is proceeding with plans to remake the land into a hunting reserve for Dubai’s royal family. There are about 40,000 Masai people

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Tanzania’s Masai face homeland eviction…so Dubai royals can hunt

AFP AFP Photo / Mandel Ngan Africa, Human rights, Law Masai people living in northern Tanzania are facing eviction from their historical homeland, as the government has reportedly reneged on a promise and is proceeding with plans to remake the land into a hunting reserve for Dubai’s royal family. There are about 40,000 Masai people

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2000 Ethiopians evacuated from Sudan amid disease fears

(EL-DABBA) – Sudanese authorities and popular bodies have evacuated two thousands Ethiopian nationals from the locality of El-Dabba in the Northern state following discovery of several Hepatitis and AIDS cases among them. The commissioner of El-Dabba locality, Isam Abdel-Rahman, told Sudan Tribune that the security committee in the state conducted a random medical examination for

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Kenyan officials said Sunday more than 100 al-Shabaab militants have been killed

IBTimes Kenyan officials said Sunday more than 100 al-Shabaab militants have been killed and their camp in Somalia destroyed in the wake of the execution of 28 hijacked bus riders who were unable to recite a passage from the Quran. Deputy President William Ruto said the Islamist terrorists were pursued into Somalia following the deaths

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Somalia’s Al-Shabab says it killed 28 in Kenya

Associated Press By TOM ODULA NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Somalia’s Islamic extremist rebels, Al-Shabab, claimed responsibility for the Saturday dawn attack on a bus in which 28 non-Muslims were singled out and killed. Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack through its radio station in Somalia saying it was in retaliation for raids by Kenyan security

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6,200 Eritreans cross into Ethiopia in 37 days: UNHCR

According to a UNHCR report last July, there are a total of 629,000 refugees and asylum seekers in Ethiopia. World Bulletin/News Desk Over 6,200 Eritreans have crossed into Ethiopia over the past 37 days, an official with the UN refugee agency said Monday. “More than 5,000 Eritrean asylum seekers crossed into the Ethiopian territory in

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