Reuters August 12, 2011 KAMPALA – Uganda has invited Eritrea’s leader, President Isaias Afewerki, accused by the West of stoking Somalia’s Islamist rebellion and destabilising the east African region, to a state visit next week, Uganda’s State House said. Eritrea rejoined the East African bloc IGAD last month, four years after it walked out on [...]
Category Archives: Uganda
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 [...]
World’s Top 10 Coffee-Producing Countries in 2010-2011
August 24, 2011 – 12:46 am
Bloomberg August 19, 2011 Justin Doom The following is a table of the world’s 10 largest coffee-producing nations, measured in thousands of bags, for the 2010-2011 crop year. One bag weighs 60 kilograms (132 pounds). Data are from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. TOTAL: 1) Brazil 54,500 2) Vietnam 18,725 3) Colombia 9,500 4) Indonesia [...]
Afewerki comes to Kampala to mend fences, but still has stake in Somalia
August 24, 2011 – 12:44 am
The East African, Kenya August 20, 2011 JULIUS BARIGABA in Uganda and ARGAW ASHINE in Ethiopia “Get it out of your mind. Somalia isn’t about Al Shabaab. The main issue is reconstitution of Somalia” President Isaias Afewerki of Eritrea Long accused of aiding and abetting the Al Shabaab insurgency in Somalia, Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki’s [...]
Eritrean leader denies support for al Shabaab
August 24, 2011 – 12:32 am
Reuters August 19, 2011 Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA – Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki, accused by the West of supporting Somalia’s Islamist rebellion, denied on Thursday that his country backed the al Qaeda-affiliated group which has been waging a four-year insurgency in Somalia. The diplomatically isolated president, speaking in the Ugandan capital at the end of a [...]
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 [...]
Eritrea seeks to rejoin East African body Igad
August 5, 2011 – 12:22 am
www.eastafricaforum.net BBC August 2, 2011 Eritrea’s President Isaias Afewerki has fallen out with most of his neighbours Eritrea’s neighbours say they are still considering its request to rejoin the East African body, Igad, after initially saying they welcomed its bid to end years of isolation. Igad’s Executive Secretary, Mahboub Maalim, told the BBC that the [...]
Ethiopia Moves Forward with Massive Nile Dam Project
July 15, 2011 – 10:22 am
National Geographic, US July 13, 2011 Ker Than Photograph by George Steinmetz, National Geographic Tisisat Falls in Amhara, Ethiopia. This article is part of a special National Geographic news series and initiative on global water issues. Ethiopia has announced that it will construct a controversial multibillion-dollar Nile River dam that could supply more than 5,000 [...]
As US extends its drone strikes to Somalia, does it run the risk of exposing itself to more dangers?
July 5, 2011 – 7:56 am
Al Arabiya, Dubai July 4, 2011 MUNA KHAN (AFP photo) The US is reportedly expanding the use of drones in Somalia. A drone strike by the US against Islamic militants made Somalia the sixth country to be targeted, after Yemen, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya. Following last week’s drone strike, the Twitterverse went into overdrive [...]