Capital FM, Kenya August 10, 2011 WAMBUI NDONG NAIROBI, Kenya – Members of Parliament on Wednesday put the government to task over the controversial construction of the Gibe III dam by Ethiopia, saying it would negatively impact six Kenyan communities living around Lake Turkana. While moving the Motion during the morning session, Emuhaya MP Wilbur [...]
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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 [...]
Ethiopia Continues Dam Construction Over UN Objections
August 10, 2011 – 12:13 am
Fortune, Ethiopia August 7, 2011 FIKRIE SINTAYEHU UNESCO urges Ethiopia, financiers to halt construction of Gibe III until social, environmental impact is assessed A view of the Omo River in southern Ethiopia where the Gibe III Dam is being contracted. The Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) has rejected calls by UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, urging [...]
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 [...]
U.N.: Money raised from Eritrean-Americans helped finance militants in East Africa
August 9, 2011 – 11:59 pm
Contra Costa Times/Mercury News, US August 8, 2011 Matt O’Brien OAKLAND — Armed rebels in the famine-ravaged Horn of Africa are being partially bankrolled by money from immigrants in the Bay Area, according to a United Nations report. The East African nation of Eritrea finances militants across the region with the help of money funneled [...]
Somali refugees pack capital after rebels quit
August 9, 2011 – 11:56 pm
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 [...]
Somali pirate ransoms skirt US directives
August 9, 2011 – 11:39 pm
Reuters August 8, 2011 David Clarke and Mohamed Ahmed NAIROBI/MOGADISHU – A $3.6 million ransom seized in Somalia in May was destined for a pirate boss subject to U.S. sanctions, an illustration of how a criminal enterprise that costs the global economy billions of dollars pays scant heed to policy directives from Washington. Documents obtained [...]
Famine: ‘Hundreds of thousands of kids could die’
August 9, 2011 – 11:34 pm
AP August 8, 2011 JASON STRAZIUSO DADAAB, Kenya — Hundreds of thousands of Somali children could die in East Africa’s famine unless more help arrives, a top U.S. official warned Monday in the starkest death toll prediction yet. To highlight the crisis, the wife of Vice President Joe Biden visited a refugee camp filed with [...]
UN Council Asked to Target Eritrea With Sanctions on Mining
August 9, 2011 – 12:33 am
Bloomberg August 4, 2011 Flavia Krause-Jackson and Bill Varner Eritrea, one of the world’s poorest nations whose citizens earn just over a $1 a day, may face tougher United Nations sanctions targeting the mining and remittances that keep its economy afloat. Neighboring Ethiopia and Djibouti are urging the 15-member UN Security Council to impose sanctions [...]
Measles Outbreak In Somali Refugee Camps In Ethiopia
August 9, 2011 – 12:07 am
Scoop/UN August 6, 2011 UN Urges Rapid Response To Measles Outbreak In Somali Refugee Camps In Ethiopia The United Nations on Saturday voiced alarm at the plight of Somali refugees in the Dollo Ado camps in south-eastern Ethiopia following an outbreak of suspected measles, and called for urgent action to assist an already vulnerable population. [...]