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 [...]
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Minnesota’s Somalilanders celebrate their homeland’s democracy
August 22, 2010 – 6:19 pm
Minnesotal Spokesman-Recorder, US August 18, 2010 Issa A. Mansaray In late July, hundreds of Somalilanders in Minnesota gathered at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Minneapolis to celebrate elected President Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo Mohamoud’s victory in Somaliland. After President Silanyo, as he is commonly called, defeated incumbent Dahir Riyale Kahin in June elections, Somalilanders in Minnesota [...]
South Africa: Troop request for Somalia is likely to fall on deaf ears
August 22, 2010 – 6:14 pm
IRIN August 19, 2010 The capital of Somalia, Mogadishu, has not seen peace since 1991 JOHANNESBURG – South Africa is unlikely to deploy soldiers in support of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), as it did “not believe” in the political direction being followed to resolve the conflict, and there was no exit strategy, [...]
Somalia’s al Shabaab increases Kenya border raids
August 19, 2010 – 10:41 am
Reuters August 18, 2010 Noor Ali * Al Shabaab raids into Kenya said on the rise * Locals feel under threat from fighters WAJIR, Kenya – Hardline Islamists from Somalia are increasingly launching cross-border raids into Kenya’s remote north east despite a heightened state of alert there, local residents and officials said. Kenya has long [...]
Ethiopia receives $780mn remittances from the Diaspora
August 18, 2010 – 3:55 pm
APA August 17, 2010 Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Ethiopia has obtained around $780 million from remittances from Ethiopians in the Diaspora in the past ten months, the Ethiopian National Bank said here on Tuesday. According to the bank, this year’s earnings from remittances exceed that of last year by about nine per cent. An estimated one [...]
US judge tosses out piracy charge against Somalis
August 18, 2010 – 3:54 pm
Reuters August 17, 2010 * Six men accused of firing on US warship in Gulf of Aden * Piracy charge was brought under law dating back to 1819 * Trial on other charges set for October WASHINGTON – A U.S. judge on Tuesday threw out piracy charges against six Somali men who were accused of [...]
Who’s a Pirate? U.S. Court Sees Duel Over Definition
August 17, 2010 – 11:54 am
Wall Street Journal August 14, 2010 KEITH JOHNSON NORFOLK, Va.—Not since Lt. Robert Maynard of the Royal Navy sailed back triumphantly to nearby Hampton Roads in 1718 with the severed head of Blackbeard swinging from his bowsprit has this Navy town been so embroiled in the fight against piracy. For the first time since the [...]
South Africa considers sending troops to back Somalia mission
August 17, 2010 – 11:50 am
Guardian August 15, 2010 African Union mission in troubled country could receive support from South African soldiers and navy South Africa is expected to send troops into Somalia to support African Union forces. Photograph: Str/REUTERS The South African cabinet is on the brink of sending troops into the ongoing conflict in Somalia, an official has [...]
Young parking lot czar is the face of Ethiopian success in the D.C. area
August 17, 2010 – 12:05 am
Washington Post August 16, 2010 (Dayna Smith) Henok Tesfaye, right, and his brother Yared at Reagan Airport’s parking garages where they recently won a contract along with the Dulles parking spaces. Derek Kravitz Ask any of the thousands of Ethiopian immigrants working as parking attendants or cabbies around Washington whom they aspire to be like, [...]
Ethiopian PM hints of re-sending troops to Somalia
August 12, 2010 – 7:58 pm
African Press Association August 10, 2010 Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi on Wednesday hinted re-sending troops to Somalia if the African Union Mission In Somalia (AMISOM) becomes under heavy threat. Speaking to journalists in Addis Ababa, Meles said ; “If the lives of AMISOM peacekeeper becomes under threat, and they ask for [...]
