News in English »
Post-Election Takeaways for Defense Industry
For the Pentagon and its contractors, President Obama’s reelection means a continuation of the agenda already in place: Spending reductions of $487 billion by 2023, ending the war in Afghanistan in 2014, shifting military
Read More »
U.N. Security Council extends Somalia peacekeeping force
(Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council extended an African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia for four months on Wednesday as it mulls lifting an arms embargo and Uganda threatens to pull out troops over
Read More »
Somalia charcoal exports fuelling conflict flout UN ban
MOGADISHU Somalia’s charcoal exports, which have fuelled Islamist insurgents, continue in defiance of a UN ban, including out of regions controlled by African Union forces, residents and officials said Tuesday. Residents in the
Read More »
Syria could turn into a new Somalia – UN’s Brahimi
The UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, has said he fears the country could “turn into a new Somalia” unless the crisis does not end soon. In an interview with
Read More »
Uganda holds Somalia hostage in high-stakes diplomacy
It’s fair to say that the Ugandan government was not particularly happy with the contents of a United Nations report that unequivocally implicated it in the ongoing rebellion in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Read More »
U.S. expects Ugandan peacekeepers to stay in Somalia
Uganda seen continuing its peacekeeping role * US says central and east Africa needs Ugandan leadership * Uganda accused by U.N. of arming M23 rebels in Congo By Drazen Jorgic NAIROBI, Nov 5 (Reuters)
Read More »
Somalia forms new government with woman foreign minister
MOGADISHU — Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon Said on Sunday announced the members of his new government, noting that a woman has been named as foreign minister for the first time in the
Read More »African Union Wants UN to Boost Somalia Forces, End Weapons Ban
The African Union urged the United Nations Security Council to bolster its peacekeeping force in Somalia and lift arms-import and charcoal-export bans on the Horn of Africa nation. As many as 12,000 soldiers from
Read More »
Somalia: Mogadishu suicide bombers attack restaurant
Two suicide bombers have blown themselves up trying to enter a restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu, killing at least one person. They had targeted a restaurant known as The Village in the
Read More »
EU gives $200 million for security, education in turbulent Somalia
(Reuters) – The European Union has given Somalia 158 million euros ($200 million) to improve education, the legal system and security, its new envoy said on Saturday, as the Horn of Africa nation tries
Read More »
