Conflict
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 07:42
A series of grenade attacks rocked some suburbs of Mogadishu early Wednesday evening.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:40
The Department of State welcomes the August 2 sentencing of three Somali pirates in the Federal District Court of Virginia for the February 2011 murder of four abducted American citizens Scott Adam, Jean Adam, Phyllis Macay, and Robert Riggle aboard the yacht QUEST off the coast of East Africa. These individuals will serve life sentences in prison, joining over 1,000 pirates operating in the region that have been brought to justice in 20 countries around the world in recent years.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:38
More than 90 U.S. Marines set sail this weekend for a three-month mission along the West African coast – but for the first time in the Africa Partnership Station program, it was aboard a Dutch navy ship, alongside their counterparts from Holland, Spain and the United Kingdom.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:37
The United Nations Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia, Shamsul Bari, hailed the adoption of a Human Rights Road Map by the Somali Federal Government, which lays the foundation for improving the protection and promotion of human rights in Somalia. However, he urged the authorities to broaden the consultation process to include Regional Administrations and civil society organisations.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:23
heavy fightings between federal government troops and Alshabab fighters occurred today in El Barde town Bakool region.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:18
The European Union said Wednesday that it was preparing to increase security efforts in the Gulf of Guinea, the West African maritime region that has become a global piracy hotspot.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 12:51
The Sudanese parliament has called for raising the state of alert and opening the Popular Defense Forces (PDF) camps to accommodate the Mujahideen (holy fighters) in preparation for a possible military attacks carried out by the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) rebel coalition in the Nuba Mountains, Blue Nile, and Darfur during the rainy season.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 07:36
A foreign fighter in Syria says jihadis from the Caucasus have formed an independent fighting force.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 07:34
“The Hezbollah functionary seems to have admitted that poison gas was used," Schindler was quoted as saying
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 07:25
From a new Nasserist Egyptian strongman, via an unpredictable West Bank, to a nerve-gas-firing dictator in Syria, concerns are multiplying from every point of the compass.