Climate Wire/NY Times August 12, 2011 LISA FRIEDMAN Warning that famine in Somalia is likely to get worse before it gets better, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday pledged an additional $17 million in U.S. aid to East African countries racked by the worst drought in 60 years. The money comes on the heels [...]
Category Archives: AU
Ethiopia’s Deplorable Conduct at IGAD Meeting
September 1, 2011 – 10:27 pm
Shabait, Government of Ethiopia August 26, 2011 Press Statement In what is almost a familiar pattern now, Ethiopian security agents manhandling Eritrea’s delegate to IGAD’s 40th Extra-ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers which was convened in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Abeba, this Wednesday 24th August. Eritrea’s envoy was harassed, verbally abused, and threatened by [...]
Igad’s new dilemma over Eritrea return
September 1, 2011 – 10:20 pm
The East African, Kenya August 27, 2011 Editorial The question facing regional leaders is whether to rehabilitate or isolate Eritrea? The Red Sea country suspended itself from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in 2007 on the basis that the regional body had given Ethiopia unfettered control over Somali issues. Recently, Eritrea reactivated its membership of [...]
Somali Islamists behead 11 civilians in capital
September 1, 2011 – 10:18 pm
AP August 26, 2011 ABDI GULED MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali Islamist rebels have beheaded at least 11 civilians in the capital in the past two weeks, a campaign of terror that residents said Friday is designed to show the insurgency can still act in Mogadishu after withdrawing from their bases there earlier this month. “We [...]
AU famine meet raises $351m, figure questioned
August 29, 2011 – 9:32 am
Reuters August 25, 2011 Barry Malone * Summit raises $351 mln * Four heads of state show up * Aid groups say need another $1bln to stop deaths (Recasts with final contributions tally) ADDIS ABABA – A much-delayed African Union summit held to raise money to tackle famine in Somalia and drought in the Horn [...]
African presidents shun AU famine fundraiser
August 27, 2011 – 9:09 pm
Reuters August 25, 2011 Barry Malone * Four heads of state show up for African summit * Aid groups say need another $1bln to stop deaths * Activists say summit must raise at least $50mln ADDIS ABABA – A much-delayed African Union summit held on Thursday to raise money to tackle famine in Somalia and [...]
Somalia: Rights group says all sides guilty of crime
August 16, 2011 – 4:03 pm
BBC August 14, 2011 HRW says Somalis are not being given the protection they are entitled to Human Rights Watch has said all sides in Somalia’s are guilty of serious violations of international law. The campaign group says civilians are bearing the brunt not just of a terrible famine but also a failure by any [...]
Council on Foreign Relations: Al-Shabaab and Somalia’s Spreading Famine
August 13, 2011 – 12:50 am
Council on Foreign Relations August 10, 2011 Interviewee: Rashid Abdi, Analyst, Horn of Africa, International Crisis Group Interviewer: Jayshree Bajoria, Senior Staff Writer The famine declared in five areas in southern Somalia is expected to spread across all regions of the south in the coming four to six weeks, according to the UN Office for [...]
With U.S. Support, Private Security Company Trains African Troops in Somalia
August 11, 2011 – 8:48 pm
NY Times August 10, 2011 JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, MARK MAZZETTI and ERIC SCHMITT Todd Heisler/The New York Times A Ugandan soldier leads Richard Rouget, a military adviser with Bancroft Global Development, to the roof of a building to monitor a firefight. More Photos JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, MARK MAZZETTI and ERIC SCHMITT MOGADISHU, Somalia — Richard Rouget, a [...]
Somalia ‘needs more AU troops’ after al-Shaba pullout
August 10, 2011 – 12:10 am
BBC August 9, 2011 AU peacekeepers have led an offensive against the al-Shaba Islamist group The African Union force commander in Somalia has appealed for thousands of extra troops to secure the capital, after militant Islamists left the city. Maj Gen Fred Mugisha said the militant al-Shabab group still threatened stability in Mogadishu and troops [...]