Africa
Somali militants in Kenya incursion
At least 10 Shabaab rebel fighters were killed in heavy clashes with Kenyan security forces after the Somali rebels crossed the border and attacked a military patrol.
Tag: Horn of Africa
Africa
US awards $15 million to Somali torture victim
A US judge awarded $5 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages to a victim of torture at the hands of a Somali military colonel 25 years ago.
Africa
Egypt threatens Ethiopia over hydro project
Egyptian politicians threatened military action as Ethiopia began diverting waters of the Blue Nile for a mammoth new hydro-electric project, abrogating a colonial-era pact.
Africa
Somalia Supreme Court attacked by al-Shabaab
Al-Shabaab militants launched an assault on Somalia’s Supreme Court, resulting in at least 35 deaths—one of the worst attacks in years for the country’s capital of Mogadishu.
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.
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.