Reuters August 9, 2011 Mohamed Ahmed and Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU – Thousands of Somali refugees, fleeing famine and years of violence, streamed into Mogadishu on Monday searching for food after Islamist rebels withdrew from the capital. The al Qaeda-affiliated al Shabaab insurgents began pulling their fighters out of Mogadishu over the weekend, raising hopes that [...]
Category Archives: AU
Somali government declares Islamist rebellion defeated
August 8, 2011 – 11:43 pm
Reuters August 6, 2011 Mohamed Ahmed and Ibrahim Mohamed Somalia”s Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali addresses the media in the Badbado settlement after two groups of Somalia government soldiers clashed inside the camp in the capital Mogadishu, August 5, 2011. One soldier was killed and a dozen residents wounded when three trucks loaded with food [...]
Famine a boon for Somali militants, Ethiopia opens 4th camp for fleeing Somalis
August 6, 2011 – 11:49 am
AP/Washington Post August 5, 2011 GENEVA — Islamic militants in Somalia who deny there’s famine and block most aid are enjoying a boon in recruitment by giving people money at a time of rising food prices, United Nations officials said Friday. The hardline militant group al-Shabab, whose control of much of southern Somalia and ties [...]
Mr. Yemane Ghebreab speaks to the UN SC
August 6, 2011 – 11:44 am
Embassy of Eritrea in the US Forwarded to East Africa Forum on August 4, 2011 Permanent Mission of Eritrea to the United Nations, New York Preliminary Remarks by Mr. Yemane Ghebreab Political Adviser to the President of the State of Eritrea Before the United Nations Security Council Committee Pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) and 1907 [...]
Sudan delayed evacuation flight for wounded peacekeepers – UN official
August 6, 2011 – 11:34 am
UN News Centre August 4, 2011 UN helicopters in Sudan Sudanese authorities threatened to shoot a helicopter trying to medically evacuate three seriously injured United Nations blue helmets in Sudan’s troubled Abyei area, causing a three-hour delay in the rescue mission, the outgoing head of UN peacekeeping said today. Four Ethiopian blue helmets – part [...]
EXCLUSIVE-Eritrea behind AU summit attack plot-UN report
July 28, 2011 – 11:01 am
Reuters July 28, 2011 David Clarke * Eritrea threat to whole region * African Union HQ a target of plot * Eritrea channels funds to al Qaeda-linked Somali rebels (Adds plot detail, background) NAIROBI – Eritrea was behind a plot to attack an African Union summit in Ethiopia in January and is bankrolling al Qaeda-linked [...]
Catastrophe in the Horn: Causes and Responses
July 28, 2011 – 10:59 am
Council on Foreign Relations July 26, 2011 Stewart M. Patrick (STR New/ Courtesy Reuters). Newly arrived Somali refugees sit in the open as they await medical examinations for their children at the Dadaab refugee camp, near the Kenya-Somalia border The area straddling Somalia, Ethiopia and northern Kenya, has been dubbed the “triangle of death” as [...]
Aid reaches drought victims in Islamist area of Somalia
July 24, 2011 – 1:45 pm
BBC July 24, 2011 Martin Plaut Islamists of al-Shabab have allowed some aid agencies to deliver aid inside Somalia The Red Cross says it has delivered food into one of Somalia’s worst hit drought areas, controlled by the Islamist militant group al-Shabab. Working through a local committee, the Red Cross delivered by lorry food for [...]
East Africa’s famine
July 24, 2011 – 1:36 pm
The Economist July 21, 2011 Disunited in hunger Fighting famine is complicated by old rivalries and alliances FOR the first time since the 1980s, the UN has declared a famine in Africa. An exceptionally severe drought is the main cause. More than 10m people are directly affected. The epicentre is in Somalia and Ethiopia—as aid [...]
Closer ties between Somali and Yemeni jihadists threatens oil through Aden Gulf
July 23, 2011 – 7:28 am
Al Arabiya July 18, 2011 JAMES M. DORSEY Somalia’s President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed talks to journalists after visiting Howlwadag district following fighting between government troops and members of the Al Shabaab group of insurgents, which has been linked to Al Qaeda, in the capital Mogadishu. (REUTERS Photo) Affiliates of Al Qaeda operating on opposite shores [...]