Horn of Africa
– ETHIOPIA
Ethiopia stretches on 1,104,300 km in East Africa between Somalia and Eritrea in the East and North, Sudan in the West and Kenya in the South. Continue reading
– BACK TO SQUARE ONE
Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, the head of the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) in Somalia, who was toppled by Ethiopian troops,has been sworn in, on Saturday 01/31/2009, as the new president of Somalia. Continue reading
– ISLAMISTS DESTROYING SHRINES IN SOMALIA
The Islamic militia fighting Ethiopian forces in Somalia, is desecrating religious shrines in Southern Somalia, Al-Jazeera TV network reported on Saturday 12/20/2008. Continue reading
– GLOBAL CHALLENGE
Somali militants, who already control the coast of Northern Somalia from Bosaso, vowed to rescue the Saudi supertanker ‘Sirius Star’ that was hijacked by pirates on 11/17/2008, Continue reading
– SOMALI PIRATES
The 320,000 tone Saudi-owned super tanker has been hijacked, on Monday 11/17/2008, in waters off East Africa and is heading towards the coast of Somalia. The ‘Sirius Star’ was carrying two million barrels of oil Continue reading
– YEMEN UPDATE
There are many similarities between the FATA region in North-West Pakistan and the area of West Yemen. Both regions are mountainous and very steep, the weather during the winter extremely harsh Continue reading
– COMORO ISLANDS
Comoro Island is a group of five islands between Madagascar and Mozambique in East Africa which stretches on 2,236 km and has a population of about 1 million people. Continue reading
– MOGADISHU ; FIGHTING AMIDE PEACE TALKS
amide talks between the parties in Somalia about a possible cease fire the Ethiopian-backed Somali pro-government forces launched raids, on Sunday 06/08/2008, in the Somali capital's southern Wardhigley district, on Islamic militias. Continue reading
– FIGHTING ERUPTS IN MOGADISHU
On Saturday 04/19/2008 a new wave of clashes erupted between Ethiopian troops station in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital and fighters from the “Council of Islamic Courts” (CIC) leaving over 80 dead and many wounded. Continue reading
– SUDAN
Sudan stretches on 2,505,000 km, has a population of about 40 millions. Sudan was always a dangerous country. Continue reading