Reuters July 4, 2011 Aaron Maasho * IGAD says Eritrea supporting rebels * Eritrea denies charges ADDIS ABABA – An East African bloc on Monday asked the United Nations and the African Union to impose sanctions on Eritrea’s booming mining sector for its alleged support of rebels seeking to overthrow Somalia’s government. AU peacekeepers have [...]
Category Archives: Uganda
Ethiopia on the spot over trade barriers
July 2, 2011 – 9:29 am
Nation, Kenya June 30, 2011 JEVANS NYABIAGE File Head of states at a past Comesa meeting. The organisation wants the trade wrangle between Kenya and Ethiopia resolved as soon as possible. A delegation is meeting in Nairobi to woo Ethiopia to tone down its restrictive trade practices, which have lately attracted uproar from the Common [...]
Interview with Ugandan Commander of AMISOM in Mogadishu
June 29, 2011 – 7:58 am
Monitor, Uganda June 26, 2011 ‘Taking over Mogadishu is not the problem, but securing it is’ Risdel Kasasira Col. Lokech Following recent intense fighting between the Transitional Federal Government forces supported by the Amisom peacekeepers and al Shabaab fighters in the Somali capital Mogadishu, the latter has been forced out of sections of the city [...]
Egyptian Minister: Tharir Square Leads to Nile Policy Change
June 15, 2011 – 6:55 am
Fortune, Ethiopia June 12, 2011 TAMRAT G. GIORGIS Senior Egyptian cabinet minister publicly speaks on need for cooperation on Nile In his opening words at a press conference during the annual meeting of the board of directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Lisbon last week, Gouda Abdel-Khalek (PhD), Egypt’s new minister of Solidarity [...]
Prof. David Shinn: Revolutionary Winds from North to South of the Sahara: Wishful Thinking?
June 13, 2011 – 4:47 pm
(as provided by the author; no link) The Horn of Africa David H. Shinn Adjunct Professor, Elliott School of International Affairs George Washington University Overview In assessing the impact on Sub-Saharan Africa of the political upheaval in North Africa and the Middle East since the beginning of the year, it is essential to be careful [...]
Somalia’s interim government ‘needs more time’ – Uganda
June 7, 2011 – 8:54 am
BBC June 3, 2011 A Ugandan soldier of the African Union peacekeeping force in Mogadishu – 21 May 2011 Ugandan troops make up the majority of AU peacekeepers fighting Islamist militants in Somalia Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has said Somalia’s transitional government should be given another year to consolidate gains against militants. Otherwise, Uganda will [...]
UN Security Council delegation heads to Ethiopia, Sudan and Kenya
May 23, 2011 – 7:42 am
Sudan Tribune May 19, 2011 Tesfa-Alem Tekle (ADDIS ABABA) – A UN Security Council delegation will travel to countries in East Africa this week on a mission to consult on a range of regional issues and concerns. “The UN Security Council delegation will arrive in Addis Ababa [Ethiopia] on Friday. It will on Saturday have [...]
Ethiopia and Uganda to build four new dams in 2011
May 12, 2011 – 5:37 pm
AlMasryAlYoum, Egypt May 11, 2011 Mansour Kamel Translated from the Arabic Edition Hafez Diab The high dam in Aswan which was constructed in era of president Gamal Abdel-Nasser and was inaugrated in 1971 Ehtiopia and Uganda plan to build a total of four dams during 2011, to be located on both the White Nile and [...]
Food Insecurity Looms in Parched Horn of Africa
April 28, 2011 – 7:42 am
GreenWire/New York Times April 25, 2011 GAYATHRI VAIDYANATHAN ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — A drought in the Horn of Africa, triggered by the same La Niña episode that caused massive flooding in Australia last year, is plunging millions of pastoralists closer to food insecurity. Parts of Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and eastern Uganda are most affected. The [...]
Will militants fade after Somali offensive gains?
April 21, 2011 – 11:32 am
AP April 16, 2011 MALKHADIR M. MUHUMED NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Somalia’s most dangerous Islamist group is facing its first serious threat in years following an offensive by pro-government forces, officials and observers say. Al-Shabab has been beaten back from areas of the capital, Mogadishu, and in regions of southern Somalia. The battlefield defeats are [...]