By Mohamed Sheikh Nor in Mogadishu RFI At least 74 people were killed in fighting near Somalia’s border with Ethiopia on Sunday, according to officials and witnesses. Somali and Ethiopian forces attacked the bases of Al-Shebab islamists near the south-western town of Ato. Local people say that this is the worst fighting they have seen
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Associated Press By MOHAMED OSMAN KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan said Friday that it won’t install Iranian anti-aircraft missiles in the country after earlier exploring the idea following suspected Israeli airstrikes there in 2012. A statement from Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the country wouldn’t install the defensive missiles “for fear it could be
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US Embassy The U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa would like to remind U.S. citizens living or traveling in Ethiopia to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps to enhance personal security. The Embassy continues to receive credible threat reports of Al-Shabaab’s intent and capability to attack Ethiopia and western interests in
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By Harry Verhoeven Worldpoliticsreview Photo: The Nile River and delta as seen from space (NASA photo by Jacques Descloitres). If the past century’s dominant image of Ethiopia was that of an impoverished, war-torn state, epitomized by the horrendous 1984-1985 famine in Tigray and Wollo provinces, the early 21st-century picture of the country is surely exemplified by the construction
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By Harry Verhoeven Worldpoliticsreview Photo: The Nile River and delta as seen from space (NASA photo by Jacques Descloitres). If the past century’s dominant image of Ethiopia was that of an impoverished, war-torn state, epitomized by the horrendous 1984-1985 famine in Tigray and Wollo provinces, the early 21st-century picture of the country is surely exemplified by the construction
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Channel 4 The [suicide bomb] attack is the first of its kind. No one has claimed responsibility yet, but it appears to be the beginning of a campaign by al-Qaeda-linked groups to open a new front in the continent. With a population of less than a million, mainly ethnic Somalis and Afar, the Red Sea
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By William Davison Bloomberg Ethiopia, Kenya and Rwanda will send 2,500 troops to South Sudan to prevent renewed fighting between government and rebel forces, an Ethiopian official said. Soldiers from Ethiopia, which shares a border with South Sudan, may arrive in the war-torn nation “within weeks” and be the first to deploy as part of the United
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VOA Photo: UA-ONU/IST Villagers in Modmoday 40 kms east of Baidoa Nearly 40 people are dead after al-Shabab militants attacked a village on the border between Ethiopia and Somalia. The governor of Somalia’s Bakool region, Mohamed Abdi Tall, told VOA that the Islamist militant group raided the village of Aato early Tuesday. He said 27 pro-government
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Ethiopian Investment Agency Director-General Fitsum Arega said more than 700 Sudanese investors have been licensed to operate in various sectors in Ethiopia. World Bulletin/News Desk An Ethiopia-Sudan trade forum kicked off on Sunday in Addis Ababa under the auspices of the Sudanese embassy in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Ministry of Industry. During the opening ceremony,
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Human Rights Watch (Sanaa, May 25, 2014) – Traffickers in Yemen hold African migrants in detention camps, torturing them to extort payment from their families, with the complicity of local officials, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Sometimes the torture ends in death. The Yemeni government should vigorously investigate and prosecute human
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