Africa
Greater Addis Ababa plan sparks Oromo protests
Several have been killed in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, in protests over plans to expand the city's borders to incorporate outlying Oromo-dominated municipalities.
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Africa
Disease, hunger fears after Somalia cyclone
Two weeks after a devastating cyclone struck Somalia’s autonomous enclave of Puntland, nomadic pastoralists are especially at risk, with much of their livestock wiped out.
Africa
US sea raid on Somali rebel stronghold
US forces launched a night raid on a rebel-held town in Somalia’s southern Lower Shabelle region from the sea—apparently an effort to kill the leader of the Shabaab.
Africa
Somalia: protest forced evictions in Mogadishu
Thousands of displaced people who have taken refuge in Somalia’s capital are being forcibly evicted from makeshift camps by government forces, Amnesty International protests.
Africa
Somali Islamic scholars denounce Shabab in fatwa
Some 160 Somali religious scholars came together in Mogadishu to issue a fatwa denouncing al-Shabab, saying the rebel group has no place in Islam.
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.
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.