AFP Fighters loyal to Machar strike Nasir, their former headquarters, located 500 kilometres north of Juba and close to Ethiopia. South Sudanese rebels launched an offensive to retake a key town near the border with Ethiopia on Sunday in what the United Nations said was a clear violation of a truce agreement. “This attack represents
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BBC The bus had been travelling from Mombasa to Lamu when it was attacked Gunmen have killed seven people, including four police officers, after attacking a passenger bus in Kenya’s coastal county of Lamu. The gunmen opened fire on the bus near the town of Witu, some 50 km (31 miles) from the resort island
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BY STEPHEN ASTARIKO The Star Garissa county commissioner Rashid Khator has warned illegal immigrants from Ethiopia against committing crimes in Kenya. Khator said the criminals are sent from Ethiopia as hired assassins. The criminals are part of the Oromo Liberation Front rebels, who oppose the national government. Last week, a rebel crossed into Kenya and
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BBC The Sudan Council of Churches has criticised the authorities for banning the construction of new churches. Over the weekend, a Sudanese government minister said there were already enough churches to provide for Christians. The council’s secretary-general told the BBC the announcement came after a church was demolished near the capital, Khartoum, this month by
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Africa Review By BARBARA AMONG The first group of 90 Ethiopian peacekeepers have arrived in the South Sudan capital Juba, as the elements of Igad’s regional Protection and Deterrent Force begin to fall into place. Their arrival a fortnight ago, however, does not pave the way for the near-term withdrawal of Ugandan troops from the
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Nampa Kenya’s security forces said Thursday they have launched a manhunt for suspected Turkana bandits who shot dead two Ethiopian teachers in a border town along the Kenya-Ethiopia border. Kibish Sub-County Commissioner Eric Wanyonyi said the bandits who are suspected to be Turkana tribesmen crossed into Kangaten border town in Ethiopia and shot dead two
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The Guardian By Martin Plau Andargachew Tsige, a British national, may face death penalty after extradition from Yemen The Foreign Office has been accused of failing to act to prevent the extradition to Ethiopia of an opposition leader facing the death penalty. Andargachew Tsige, a British national, is secretary general of an exiled Ethiopian opposition
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World Bulletin A U.N. General Assembly committee approved on Thursday a new troop-reimbursement rate for countries contributing nearly 100,000 peacekeepers to 16 missions, overcoming an impasse that left the world body’s operations in financial limbo for three days. Budget negotiations between the 193 member states had hit a standstill on the monthly reimbursement rates for
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By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. military advisors have secretly operated in Somalia since around 2007 and Washington plans to deepen its security assistance to help the country fend off threats by Islamist militant group al Shabaab, U.S. officials said. The comments are the first detailed public acknowledgement of a U.S. military presence in
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Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu) TV footage taken from the crash site showed the aircraft had been transporting tonnes of the mild drug Khat when hit a commercial building shortly after take off from the city’s main international hub. The plane had reportedly been heading to the Somali capital of Mogadishu. Early investigations into the accident suggest
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