Tesfa-Alem Tekle
Friday, April 1, 2016 - 06:20
The UN and Africa Union (AU) on Tuesday have began giving training in Jubbaland for 200 officers of the Somali Police Force. A statement issued on Wednesday by the Africa Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM) said the training programme which will last for three months intends to produce new recruits trained on new policing model.
Monday, March 21, 2016 - 06:53
The African Union and United Nation have welcomed the release by Eritrean authorities of four prisoners from Djibouti. The four Djiboutian prisoners of war, who had been in Eritrean jail since 2008, were released after long mediation efforts from Qatar.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 - 06:40
February 1, 2016 (ADDIS ABABA) – South Sudan’s armed opposition group, (SPLM-IO) on Monday accused forces loyal to the Juba government of allegedly using chemical weapons on their forces in Lanyi and Mundri in East county of western equatoria state. Colonel Nyarji Roman, the deputy spokesperson in the office of the SPLM-IO chairman told Sudan Tribune there was a heavy fighting between government forces and opposition forces loyal to Riek Machar in Lanyi and Mundri areas Sunday.
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 - 06:41
Leader of the armed opposition faction of the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement (SPLM-IO), Riek Machar, on Monday commended Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni, saying he has noticed positive approach to ensuring peace in South Sudan.
Tuesday, July 21, 2015 - 06:21
South Sudan peace talks will resume later this week in Addis Ababa in what is expected to be the last round of talks for the negotiating parties to finalize a peace deal, an opposition official told Sudan Tribune on Monday.
Friday, June 26, 2015 - 06:26
South Sudan Peace talks will resume later in July in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, the regional bloc mediating the talks, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) disclosed.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - 11:36
The US Embassy in Addis Ababa urged American citizens residing or traveling to Ethiopia to exercise caution over a possible attack by a Somali terrorist group.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 09:51
Four exiled South Sudan opposition political parties have agreed to jointly take part in peace talks as a separate bloc.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 07:56
The second round of peace talks between South Sudan’s warring parties failed to resume in Ethiopia, over president Salva Kiir’s failure to meet demands of rebels, an official of the SPLM-inOpposition told Sudan Tribune on Tuesday.
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 07:33
Ethiopia on Wednesday said that Somalia’s Islamist al-Shabaab, backed by arch-rival Eritrea, is planning to carry out attacks on its soil.