AFP September 2, 2010 KAMPALA — Uganda said Thursday it can provide up to 10,000 troops for deployment to Somalia where it already has soldiers in the African Union mission protecting the country’s embattled government. “We have the capacity, as the army leadership has indicated, to raise up to 10,000 soldiers to fill up the [...]
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African Union peacekeepers killed in Somalia
September 2, 2010 – 9:09 pm
BBC August 30, 2010 Four African Union peacekeepers were killed when a mortar hit Somalia’s presidential palace, officials say. It is not clear if any Somalis were hit by the shells, fired as Islamist insurgents continue to battle government forces. Those killed were from Uganda, one of just two countries to have sent troops to [...]
Somali Government Appeals for Help as Islamists Advance
September 2, 2010 – 9:07 pm
VOA August 30, 2010 Photo: AP Somali government forces walk outside the Muna Hotel which was stormed by a suicide bomber and a gunman in Mogadishu, Somalia, 24 Aug 2010 Somalia’s government is urgently appealing for more help as insurgents threaten to seize full control of the capital, Mogadishu. The appeal Monday came on the [...]
US Senate Bill: Support for Democracy and Human Rights in Ethiopia Act of 2010”
August 28, 2010 – 11:41 am
Library of Congress, US Government “Support for Democracy and Human Rights in Ethiopia Act of 2010” Text of Bill Introduced in the US Senate on August 5, 2010 by Senators Feingold and Leahy: S 3757 IS 111th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3757 To reaffirm United States objectives in Ethiopia and encourage critical democratic and humanitarian [...]
Somalia’s Government Expects `Major’ Surge in Violence in Mogadishu Today
August 28, 2010 – 11:38 am
Bloomberg August 27, 2010 Sarah McGregor Somalia’s government expects a “major” surge in violence today as the rebel al-Shabaab militia steps up an offensive over the Ramadan period, the Information Ministry said. The militants are expected to target civilian, government and African Union-peacekeeper bases in the capital, Mogadishu, in their bid to oust the government, [...]
Accused Somali pirate pleads guilty in U.S. court
August 28, 2010 – 11:32 am
Reuters August 27, 2010 Washington – An accused pirate from Somalia pleaded guilty on Friday in federal court in Virginia to criminal charges over an April attack on a U.S. Navy ship off the coast of Africa, according to the court and the U.S. Justice Department. The defendant, Jama Idle Ibrahim, pleaded guilty as part [...]
Ethiopian Government Denies Plans to Intervene in Somalia `At This Point’
August 28, 2010 – 11:31 am
Bloomberg August 27, 2010 William Davison Ethiopia denied reports it is planning to send troops into war-torn Somalia, where an al-Qaeda militia began a new offensive this week against the country’s Western-backed government. “We have made no decision to intervene at this point,” Communications Minister Bereket Simon said in a mobile phone interview from the [...]
The Real Cost of Ransom
August 26, 2010 – 4:16 pm
Miller-McCune, US October 29, 2009 Michael Scott Moore How can the U.S. and Europe keep ship owners from paying ransoms that make Somali pirates more dangerous? The decision to pay ransom or fight pirates on the high seas may now depend more on ship owners. wikipedia.org USS Bainbridge tows the lifeboat of the Maersk Alabama [...]
Ethiopia surpasses China as source of most local adoptions through Bethany Christian Services
August 26, 2010 – 12:41 pm
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/08/ethiopia_surpasses_china_as_so.html Grand Rapids Press/MLive.com, US August 2, 2010 Matt Vende Bunte Mark Copier | The Grand Rapids Press Micah Rogers, 2, munches a slice of watermelon with his mother, Sheri, while attending a picnic celebrating families that have adopted children from Ethiopia. Sheri’s husband, Neil, and their daughter, Kylea, 4, also enjoyed the festivities at [...]
Some see worsening rights situation in aid donor ‘darling’ Ethiopia
August 25, 2010 – 4:42 pm
Los Angeles Times August 12, 2010 Kate Linthicum The U.S. gives about $1 billion annually to Ethiopia. But even as U.S. and other international aid has surged in the last decade, activists charge that the government has become more authoritarian. Reporting from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — Like many in the West, former U.S. Ambassador to [...]
