Category: Global News & Politics

By Samuel Gebre, Vice The United States has temporarily suspended some aid to Ethiopia over the country’s decision to fill a hydropower dam on the River Nile before reaching an agreement with Egypt and Sudan on the management of the project. “Due to Ethiopia’s unilateral decision to fill the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) without an...

By Ben Wolfgang – The Washington Times The Pentagon’s war against terror in Somalia was supposed to begin winding down next year, but the number of American airstrikes against al-Shabab targets keeps increasing and the Trump administration’s exit plan seems to have stalled. The conflict is a major outlier in President Trump’s quest to stop “endless wars,”...

People have begun voting in a local election in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, defying the federal government and increasing political tensions in Africa’s second-most populous country. Tigray officials holding polls on Wednesday for the 190-seat regional parliament have warned that any intervention by the federal government would amount to a “declaration of war”. They have objected to...

U.S. Africa Command officials released the identity of the senior Al-Shabaab leader killed in an August 25 airstrike in Somalia as the terrorist known as Abdulqadir Commandos. The Al-Shabaab leader was killed in the airstrike near Saakow, Somalia. He held numerous positions within the Al-Shabaab terrorist organization, including recently serving as a senior Al-Shabaab commander....

By DAVID MUCHUI Miraa farmers and traders may have to wait longer for reopening of the lucrative Somalia market since the electioneering period in the neighbouring country has hampered diplomatic engagements. According to Deputy President William Ruto, Kenya has been making little headway in talks with Somalia since most of its leaders are now focused...

Taiwan launched its office in Hargeisa last month By Matthew Strong AIPEI (Taiwan News) — The self-declared East African nation of Somaliland will open its representative office in Taipei on Wednesday (Sept. 9), starting a new chapter in relations between Taiwan and Africa. While neither side has yet agreed to move on to the next stage...

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is appalled that the authorities in Garowe, the capital of northeastern Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region, arrested two journalists after first luring them with the promise of an interview about a controversial murder case. The police arrested Radio Daljir director Khadar Awl Ismail and reporter Abdiqani Ahmed Mohamed when they went to Garowe’s court of first instance on...

Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Mogadishu is a city of ruined glory: crenellated towers crumble by the sea and sand whirls against the pockmarked archways of the roofless old cathedral. But one young man, returning to his family’s homeland, walks through the streets and dreams of their future. Omar Degan, 30, was born in Italy...