Africa
Pipeline intrigues behind South Sudan fighting
South Sudan says Khartoum is fomenting rebellion in Jonglei state in a bid to block the South’s plans to build an oil pipeline through Ethiopia to a port in Djibouti.
Tag: Horn of Africa
Africa
Puntland sentences Shabab militants to death
Twelve Shabab militants charged with the murder of a prominent Islamic scholar were sentenced to death by a court in Somalia’s autonomous enclave of Puntland.
Africa
Somalia sentences alleged rape victim, journalist
A Somali court sentenced a woman who accused Somali security forces of rape to a year in prison for insulting a government body and making false claims.
Africa
East, West Africa top global piracy: report
The International Maritime Bureau hailed progress against Somali pirates, but urged the world’s navies to keep up the pressure—and warned of growing piracy off West Africa.
Africa
Attempted coup d’état in Eritrea?
Some 200 disaffected soldiers with two tanks surrounded Eritrea’s Ministry of Information, forcing the broadcast of a statement calling for the release of political prisoners.
North America
Somali men in new ‘terrorism’ cases
A Somali-American accused of planning a Christmas bomb attack in Oregon appears to be the latest victim of an FBI-generated bogus "terrorism" plot.
Palestine
Israel: attack on Ethiopian Jews’ reproductive rights
A report on an Israeli TV news program charges that coercive contraception is behind a 50% decline in the Ethiopian birth rate in Israel over the past decade.
Africa
Somalia: who controls Kismayo?
A string of bombings rocked Somalia’s port of Kismayo—five days after the city was taken from al-Shabaab rebels by a Kenyan-led force following a lengthy siege.
Africa
War criminal Meles Zenawi dies a free man
Ethiopia's Meles Zenawi died without having to answer for his war crimes—he remained in the good graces of the West to the end, getting a free ride from the world media.
Africa
Federal judge awards $21 million in lawsuit against ex-Somalia PM
A US judge awarded $21 million to seven Somalis in a lawsuit against former Somali prime minister Mohamed Ali Samantar for war crimes committed under the Siad Barre regime.
Africa
Somalia: next stop Kismayo
A push by UN-backed African Union troops on the last bastion of Somalia’s al-Shabab insurgency has added to civilian casualties and raised fears of mass displacement.
Africa
Somali pirate negotiator gets 12 life sentences
A US court in Virginia sentenced convicted Somali pirate negotiator Mohammad Shibin to a dozen life sentences for piracy, hostage taking, kidnapping, conspiracy, and other charges.