Somalia

TILLERSON confirms that Trump was joking when he called Africa SHITHOLE

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, flanked by his chief of staff Margaret Peterlin (L), meets with Ethiopia Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 8, 2018. Tillerson Reaffirms US Commitment to Africa ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (VOA) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has re-affirmed the U.S. commitment to Africa, two months after President Donald Trump’s reported derogatory comments about the continent. “I think the United States commitment to Africa is quite clear in terms of the importance we place on the relationship,” said Tillerson at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. “The president himself wrote Read More

Several wounded as mortars hit UN compound in Mogadishu

JOHANNESBURG (Associated Press) — The United Nations mission in Somalia says several people were wounded when mortar rounds landed inside the U.N. and African Union compounds in Mogadishu. The statement Read More

SOMALIA: New power broker is Dr. Abiy Ahmed: Ethiopia’s prime minister

Uganda’s military dictator Yoweri Museveni is about to face a challenge on blackmailing the Western powers on his UPDF / AMISOM being in Somalia. I predict that Ethiopia will take Read More

US reopens embassy in Somalia nearly 3 decades after leaving

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The United States says it has reopened its embassy in Somalia nearly three decades after the country collapsed into civil war and the U.S. military airlifted Read More

Was terrorist attack on Western targets in Somalia coincidental???

WAS THE TERRORIST ATTACK ON WESTERN TARGETS IN SOMALIA COINCIDENTAL??? CHANGE OF GIARDS – There was a twin terror attack on western targets in Somalia today. An Italian military convoy Read More

Was terrorist attack on Western targets in Somalia coincidental???

WAS THE TERRORIST ATTACK ON WESTERN TARGETS IN SOMALIA COINCIDENTAL??? CHANGE OF GIARDS – There was a twin terror attack on western targets in Somalia today. An Italian military convoy Read More

Was terrorist attack on Western targets in Somalia coincidental???

WAS THE TERRORIST ATTACK ON WESTERN TARGETS IN SOMALIA COINCIDENTAL??? CHANGE OF GIARDS – There was a twin terror attack on western targets in Somalia today. An Italian military convoy Read More

SOMALIA: US airstrikes kill 10 militants after attack on EU convoy, US base

© AP Photo / Farah Abdi Warsameh US Military Says 10 Militants Killed After Somalia Attack By SPUTNIK On Monday, twin attacks targeted a European military convoy in the Somali Read More

Somalia: Jihadists attack US Baledogle training base

Image copyright ALAMY Image caption The Baledogle base, pictured here in 1992, is used by US troops to train commandos By BBC Jihadists have attacked a military base where US Read More

UGANDA: Why Museveni is panicky over AMISOM departure

WHY MUSEVENI IS PANICKY OVER AMISOM DEPARTURE “You say Amisom is going; before AMISOM gets out, all of them (people) will be out. Just expect that. No doubt. You go Read More

UGANDA: Will blackmail over AMISOM, refugee scheme work for Museveni?

WILL THE BLACKMAIL OVER AMISON AND REFUGEE SCHEME WORK FOR MUSEVENI Museveni’s 33 years old military dictatorship is once again in the international spotlight over gross abuse of human rights Read More