31 January 2007
(MOGADISHU) – The Union of the Islamic Courts reject to hold talks with Ethiopia as long as its troops remain in Somalia. They further said that one of their leader went Nairobi at the request of the US Ambassador in the neighboring country. more >>
By Barry Moody
31 January 2007
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - A Somali Islamist group threatened on Tuesday to fight any peacekeeping troops sent to their country as African leaders struggled to put together an international force for the anarchic Horn of Africa nation. more >>
30 January 2007
The largest lottery prize ever offered in Ethiopia is coming soon. The National Secretariat formed by the Council of Ministers under directive 117/2004, made a deal last month with the National Lottery Administration to offer a two million Birr prize for the lucky number. more >>
30 January 2007
Partnership Aims to Enhance Recognition and Promotion of Ethiopian Coffees
(CSRwire) London and Washington D.C. --January 29, 2007-- Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., a leading roaster and distributor of specialty coffees, has signed a Letter of Intent with the Government of Ethiopia that signifies a commitment to work with Ethiopian fine coffee stakeholders on their initiative to bring greater value to Ethiopian coffees and coffee producers. more >>
By ABDULKADIR KHALIF - Special Correspondent
30 January 2007
When military pressure was mounted on the Union of Islamic Counts (UIC) of Somalia towards the end of December 2006, the top leadership did not display cohesion and failed to step out together. more >>
30 January 2007
Addis Ababa - The Federal Police Commission and the government of South Africa on Sunday signed an agreement that would enable police members benefit from a distance education training in various fields. more >>
By Andualem Sisay - Capital
30 January 2007
Based on the two categories of motivating the public towards celebrating the millennium colorfully and contributing toward the sustainable development of the country, the National Council of the new Ethiopian Millennium Festival approved 35 projects. more >>
By Tedla Yeneakal - Capital
29 January 2007
Libyan leader Muamar Ghadafi has brought in 15 cars and two bags full of gold as a gift for African heads of states who are expected to participate in the 8th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, scheduled to open tomorrow, Monday, January 29th. more >>
Representative of Ethiopian farmers to meet Blair as exposé of industry released
Ashley Seager The Guardian
29 January 2007
A campaign by Ethiopia to get a fair price for its coffee - some of the world's finest - kicks off in London today as a spokesman for the east African country's impoverished coffee growers meets Tony Blair. more >>
29 January 2007
he Somali transitional government confirmed Sunday there were foreigners among its detainees, who were deported by Kenyan authorities to the Somali capital Mogadishu Saturday, reports said. more >>
By Martin Plaut - BBC Africa editor
29 January 2007
With the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, announcing that he is withdrawing a third of his troops from Somalia, the first phase of the conflict is now drawing to a close. more >>
28 January 2007
BOSTON, Massachusetts (AFP) - Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba confirmed her place as the world's top distance runner by smashing her own women's 5,000m world indoor record at the Boston Indoor Games. more >>
By Barry Moody
28 January 2007
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - A third of the Ethiopian troops who led a war to crush Islamist forces in Somalia late last month are expected to have withdrawn by Sunday, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said. more >>
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian and Opheera McDoom
28 January 2007
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - African ministers said on Saturday Ethiopia's military intervention in Somalia had created an unprecedented peace opportunity in the chaotic nation by helping the government to oust Islamists in a New Year war. more >>
27 January 2007
Addis Ababa(WIC) - The Oromia State Pastoralist Development Commission disclosed that it has finalized preparations to observe the National Pastoralists Day in Borena Zone of the state this February. more >>
By Guled Mohamed
27 January 2007
MOGADISHU(Reuters) - Attackers fired four mortar bombs at an Ethiopian camp near Mogadishu overnight, in the latest attack on the newly victorious government's strongest allies. more >>
27 January 2007
ADDIS ABABA- Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said that the government is exerting utmost effort to address the capacity limitation the pastoral areas face in executing development plans. more >>
27 January 2007
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is to begin a five-day tour of Africa - his first official foreign trip since he took office earlier this month. Mr Ban will visit the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which has the largest deployment of UN soldiers anywhere in the world. He will also join an African Union summit in Ethiopia - the key business part of his trip - and visit Kenya. more >>
27 January 2007
Addis Ababa - The U.A.E.-based Indus Investment signed a project agreement with the Oromia regional government here on Thursday enabling to construct a tourist city at a cost of 13 billion birr. more >>
26 January 2007
Unknown gunmen have killed five people in a series of attacks in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, witnesses say. A BBC correspondent saw three bodies with gunshot wounds lying in waste ground and reliable witnesses have seen two more bodies elsewhere in the city. more >>
26 January 2007
BELETWEIN, Somalia (Garowe Online) - Hundreds of Ethiopian troops and armored vehicles crossed back into their country after weeks of battles and security operations in parts of southern and central Somalia. more >>
26 January 2007
An Ethiopian soldier has been killed and another seriously wounded after unknown gunmen opened fire on troops at a market in Kismayo, southern Somalia. Somali army commander Abdulrazak Afgudud told the BBC that several people had been arrested. more >>
By Els De Temmerman
26 January 2007
A UPDF force of 1,500 troops is ready to leave for Somalia “any time”, the commander of the Land Forces, Gen. Katumba Wamala, has said. The peacekeepers, whom he asserted are well-prepared and well-protected, will operate under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter, meaning they are allowed to use force. The mission may include disarmament. more >>
25 January 2007
Ethiopian troops have begun to withdraw from Somalia today, January 23, 2007. This commencement of the first phase of the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Somalia has been made possible by the completion of their mission with resounding success in collaboration with the TFG forces. more >>
25 January 2007
(DOHA) — The Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told an Arab Satellite Television that Ethiopian army intervened in Somalia aimed to eliminated a terrorist group, adding that Arab should not understand that it was not a crusade war against Islam. more >>
By Scott Baldauf Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
25 January 2007
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - Since she was six years old, Maselech Mercho has hiked up into the lush Entoto hills near Addis Ababa to gather wood, illegally, from the protected eucalyptus forests. She has no tools but her hands, so she pulls the branches she can reach, and carries out some 65 lbs. of firewood on her back. more >>
By Sahal Abdulle
25 January 2007
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The United States has conducted a second air strike in Somalia, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, as the top U.S. envoy in East Africa met an ousted Islamist leader to press for reconciliation with the government. more >>
24 January 2007
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Ethiopian troops who helped oust Islamist hardliners from Mogadishu will remain in Somalia until the deployment of African Union peacekeepers, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has said. more >>
24 January 2007
(SomaliNet) US AC 130 gunship has again bombed suspected Islamist and al-Qaeda hideouts in southern Somalia on Tuesday. more >>
24 January 2007
NAIROBI (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Michael Ranneberger has met top Somali Islamist leader Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, who is being held by Kenyan intelligence in Nairobi, a U.S. embassy official said on Wednesday. more >>
24 January 2007
Tonight, President Bush Will Discuss How The President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Is Meeting His Commitment Of $15 Billion Over Five Years To Support Treatment For 2 Million People, Prevention Of 7 Million New Infections, And Care For 10 Million People. PEPFAR is the largest international health initiative in history dedicated to a single disease. PEPFAR works worldwide, but targets 15 focus countries that are home to approximately half of the world's 39 million HIV-positive people: Botswana, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Guyana, Haiti, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, and Zambia. more >>
23 January 2007
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Ethiopian troops have begun withdrawing from Mogadishu nearly four weeks after they helped oust Islamist forces from the Somali capital. more >>
Aweys Osman Yusuf
23 January 2007
Mogadishu ( Sh.M.Network) The Somali government has declared on Tuesday that it could not accept conditions that the European Union said it would help finance the Somali transitional government on the condition that it should reach out to the defeated Union of Islamists and other parties for peace and a unity government. more >>
23 January 2007
ADDIS ABABA – The 9th Ethiopian Pastoralist Day will be celebrated January 25-26, 2007 with the motto “More Commitment for Good Governance and Sustainable Pastoralist Development in the New Ethiopian Millennium.” more >>
By Tedla Yeneakal - Capital
23 January 2007
Accor, the much awaited international hotel chains group, which leased land near Meskel square from the Addis Ababa City Administration two years ago is set to officially launch construction this week on Wednesday, January 24, at a ceremony in the presence of top management, government officials, diplomats and invited guests. Guest of honor is to be Minister of Culture and Tourism H.E Ato Mahamud Dirir. more >>
23 January 2007
ADDIS ABABA - Construction of a 460 mega watt hydroelectric power project was officially launched here yesterday in Belesa locality of Achefer Woreda in Amhara State in the presence of President Girma Wolde-Giorgis. more >>
By Groum Abate - Capital
23 January 2007
Ethiopian Airlines is going to sign a partnership agreement with Lufthansa next week. The long awaited partnership on code sharing procedures has been negotiated by the two parties for a long time. more >>
22 January 2007
Minister of Trade and Industry, Girma Birru, is expected to decide on the fate of Addis Abeba's Ghion Hotel; a chain of 11 hotels built by Emperor Haile Sellase 57 years ago to host African leaders at the Organization of African Union (OAU) summits. more >>
22 January 2007
(KHARTOUM) —Sudan has declined to participate in the African peacekeeping force to Somalia, saying priority must be given to the realization of peace in the country. more >>
22 January 2007
One of Somalia's Islamist leaders has given himself up to the Kenyan authorities, a Kenyan police source has told the BBC
Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, seen as a moderate, surrendered in the north-eastern Kenyan town of Wajir, the policeman said. more >>
By Sahal Abdulle
21 January 2007
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Kenya has sent about 30 prisoners shackled hand-and-foot on a plane to Somalia after arresting them near the border on suspicion of belonging to an ousted Islamist movement, their representatives said on Sunday. more >>
by Mustafa Haji Abdinur
20 January 2007
MOGADISHU (AFP) - An Ethiopian military convoy has been ambushed in a new round of deadly violence in Mogadishu, hours after the African Union agreed to send peacekeepers to war-torn Somalia. more >>
by Ali Musa Abdi and Mustafa Haji Abdinur
20 January 2007
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Heavy armed exchanges erupted around the residence of interim Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed in Mogadishu after a mortar attack exposed the rampant insecurity in the capital. more >>
20 January 2007
Ethiopian forces are to start leaving Somalia "in the next few days", Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has told the BBC. more >>
19 January 2007
Addis Ababa, (ENA) - Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin said the Eritrean government, which attaches itself with terrorists, has taking itself in deteriorating position through bringing instability in the Horn of Africa. more >>
19 January 2007
Addis Ababa, (ENA) - The victory over the extremist group in Somalia was the result of the ongoing reform program within the national defense forces, the Ministry of Defense said. more >>
19 January 2007
Ethiopian leases-in two DC-10-30F freighter aircraft to bolster its cargo capacity to support the ever increasing export market of the country. The lease agreement for the two freighter aircraft was signed in first week of December, 2006 between Ethiopian Airlines and World Airways Inc; based in US. Both cargo aircraft will start operation on January 01, 2007. more >>
19 January 2007
The president of Eritrea has warned that any efforts to deploy African Union troops in Somalia would be doomed to failure. more >>
18 January 2007
Addis Ababa, (ENA) - U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia Donald Yamamoto has said Ethiopia is a major partner of the United States in economic and political partnership. more >>
By Sue Pleming
18 January 2007
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. air strike in Somalia last week may have wounded or killed a senior militia leader who the United States says protected three al Qaeda suspects wanted by Washington, a senior Pentagon official said on Wednesday. more >>
By Cathy Majtenyi - Nairobi
18 January 2007
The U.S. ambassador to Kenya says the United States is pushing Somalia's transitional government to hold talks with all groups of Somali society to bring peace and stability to the volatile country. Meanwhile, Somalia's parliament ousted the parliamentary speaker, who had held unauthorized talks with the Islamists several months ago. Cathy Majtenyi reports for VOA from Nairobi. more >>
18 January 2007
Addis Ababa, (WIC) - State Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development disclosed that the Paprika Pepper Production and Export Pilot Project underway in Lanforo woreda of Silite zone,SNNP State, has proved successful. more >>
17 January 2007
Tripoli, Libya - Ethiopian Premier Meles Zenawi has commended Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi for his sustained efforts towards peace, political and social reconciliation in Africa, and particularly in Somalia. more >>
17 January 2007
Gondar - Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi on Tuesday pledged to provide 50 million birr at a national trade fair and bazaar organized in Gondar town to solicit fund for the construction of the Gondar University Referral Hospital. more >>
16 January 2007
Ethiopia’s bid to join the League of Nations, an international organization established after the Paris Conference of 1921, was challenged by the big powers of the time. They claimed Ethiopia could not qualify for membership because it had slave trade widely practised and lacked an internationally acceptable prison facility. more >>
16 January 2007
Mulu Ketsela (PhD), former state minister of Finance and Economic Development before joining the World Bank as an alternate executive director in 2004, has been promoted to full directorship on December 8, 2006, thus becaming the first women to assume such a position in the Bank, representing 22 African countries as her constituency. more >>
By Robin Njogu & PPS
16 January 2007
President Mwai Kibaki and Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi met on Tuesday in the Kenyan capital largely to discuss Nairobi's intervention to find lasting peace in Somalia. more >>
16 January 2007
Six government delegations would pay visits to various African countries as of Sunday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. more >>
15 January 2007
afrol News, Ethiopia is still living in the year 1999, according to its own calendar, meaning that Ethiopians can look forward to yet another millennium party later this year. And authorities are planning a magnificant celebration for citizens and the many expected foreign visitors; launching projects worth birr 290 million (euro 26 million). more >>
by Ali Musa Abdi
15 January 2007
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Somali gunmen battled government and Ethiopian troops in Mogadishu's heaviest fighting since the ouster of hardline Islamists last month as the fledgling adminstration silenced four broadcasters for allegedly fomenting unrest. more >>
Aweys Osman Yusuf
14 January 2007
Mogadishu, (Sh.M.Network) -Somali government spokesperson Abdirahman Dinari has told journalists in the capital Mogadishu on Sunday that government and Ethiopian troops have successfully launched house-to-house search operations in the capital. more >>
13 January 2007
(MOGADISHU) — A Somali Islamist leader said that the Islamic courts militias are spread over various places in the country. He pledged that they are ready to wage a long war against Ethiopian army. more >>
Ethiopian Herald-Editorial
13 January 2007
Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has announced that Ethiopian forces would begin to leave Somalia as of the coming Tuesday. In a press briefing he gave last Wednesday, Meles indicated that Ethiopia would keep its timeline to withdraw from Somalia. more >>
By Hassan Yare
13 January 2007
BAIDOA, Somalia (Reuters) - Somalia's parliament declared on Saturday a state of emergency for three months to restore security in the Horn of Africa country after several weeks of war ousted rival Islamists. more >>
12 January 2007
Djibouti, which hosts a large United States anti-terror base, has condemned
this week's US air strikes in neighbouring Somalia.
Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf told the BBC that the raid was counterproductive
to achieving peace. more >>
12 January 2007
NAIROBI (AFP) - The United States called for an immediate "inclusive dialogue" between all parties in Somalia and the quick deployment of peacekeepers to restore lasting peace in the shattered nation. more >>
Story by NATION Reporters
12 January 2007
The United States yesterday denied claims that it planned to set up a military
base in Somalia after getting rid of “terrorists.”
The US ambassador to Kenya, Mr Michael Rannerberger, maintained that Washington’s
long term interest was to ensure that stability was restored in the war-torn
country. more >>
12 January 2007
The big question for many in East Africa is "Why didn't Eritrea attack Ethiopia when Ethiopia attacked the Islamic Courts in Somalia?" Eritrea sent advisers to Somalia and had supplied the Islamic Courts with weapons and other supplies. more >>
11 January 2007
Exiled former Ethiopian ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam has been sentenced to
life in prison on genocide charges.
The former leader was found guilty last month after a 12-year trial, although
he is living in Zimbabwe. more >>
By Josh Meyer - and Edmund Sanders
11 January 2007
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said Tuesday that it would continue its aggressive hunt for suspected terrorists in Somalia, amid unconfirmed reports that a U.S. airstrike or follow-up attacks killed an al-Qaeda leader wanted in connection with several bombings in East Africa. more >>
11 January 2007
US forces say they have carried out no fresh air strikes in southern Somalia
against Islamist fighters since Monday.
Residents in Afmadow town, north of Kismayo, have described two attacks,
whilst another was reported by Somalis in the coastal area of Ras Kamboni. more >>
11 January 2007
ASMARA (AFP) - Eritrea has warned that war will continue in Somalia as long troops from Ethiopia remain there, accusing its arch-foe neighbor of conducting US-backed "naked aggression" in the lawless nation. more >>
11 January 2007
Addis Ababa - Ethiopia and the Sudan have become vital development partners to one another especially in the socio-economic sectors, Sudanese Ambassador said. The Ambassador also said that Ethiopia’s action in Somalia is justified since the country has a legitimate right to defend itself. more >>
10 January 2007
Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Minister of Information Berhan Hailu said Ethiopia has efficiently and effectively concluded the operation it launched to put an end to the threat posed by terrorist groups in Somalia. more >>
By PAUL REDFERN - Special Correspondent The East African
10 January 2007
A senior British Foreign Office minister said that the international community needs to understand why Ethiopia took the decision to intervene in Somalia. more >>
09 January 2007
The US has carried out at least two air strikes in southern Somalia targeting
Islamist fighters, who the US believes include members of an al-Qaeda cell.
The militias were reported to have been tracked by aerial reconnaissance and
then attacked by a US gunship launched from a US military base in Djibouti. more >>
09 January 2007
The Bush administration balked at deploying U.S. forces to Somalia where Al Qaida-aligned forces were gaining the upper hand last year. But the administration found a willing subcontractor: Ethiopia. more >>
09 January 2007
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. gunship has conducted a strike against two suspected al Qaeda operatives in southern Somalia, but it was not known whether the mission was successful, U.S. news networks reported on Monday. more >>
By Andualem Sisay - Capital
09 January 2007
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia indicated the need for African countries to contribute peace keeping troops using the Burundi-model and called for the international community to provide resource for Somalis to rebuild their country. more >>
By Tedla Yeneakal - Capital
09 January 2007
VMedical doctors in the country, who have been in direct negotiations with relevant officials of the government, are on the brink of sealing an agreement to get benefits such as house provision allowance and untaxed professional benefits from the Ministry of Health, sources disclosed. more >>
By Guled Mohamed
08 January 2007
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf entered Mogadishu on Monday, capping a remarkable turn-around in the capital Islamists ruled for six months until they were ousted before the New Year. more >>
Story by DAVID OKWEMBAH
08 January 2007
Seven vehicles belonging the fleeing Somali Islamic militia have been destroyed in the latest gun battle between them and Ethiopian soldiers near Amuma centre in Garissa District. more >>
by Habib Trabelsi
07 January 2007
DUBAI (AFP) - Stirring as it might sound, an Internet appeal from Al-Qaeda for Muslims to go to Somalia and wage holy war is unlikely to amount to much, experts on Islamic extremism say. more >>
07 January 2007
SANAA (AFP) - A delegation from Somalia's routed Islamist movement was in Yemen as top US Africa envoy Jendayi Frazer held talks with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on the situation in the lawless east African nation. more >>
Aweys Osman Yusuf
06 January 2007
Mogadishu (Sh.M.Network) - Heavy fighting between the Ethiopian troops backing the government forces still rages in the jungles south of the port town of Kismayu. more >>
Story by WAHOME THUKU
06 January 2007
Five Somali MPs were yesterday dragged from their hotel rooms in Nairobi and placed in custody as Kenya continued its hard line against the Islamist militias. The MPs were interrogated by immigration officials about their possible links with extremists. more >>
06 January 2007
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Ethiopian forces supporting the weak Somali government have fired shots in the air to disperse demonstrators denouncing their presence and a disarmament plan in the capital Mogadishu. more >>
05 January 2007
DUBAI (Reuters) - Ethiopia's prime minister said his country will pull its troops out of neighbouring Somalia within two weeks after helping the Somali interim government rout Islamists in a two-week war. more >>
05 January 2007
Kenyan authorities are detaining seven men claiming to belong to the Ethiopian rebel group, the Oromo Liberation Front who are sympathizers of the routed Islamic Courts Union in Somalia. more >>
05 January 2007
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A purported audio tape by al Qaeda's deputy leader urged Somali Islamists on Friday to launch an Iraq-style guerrilla campaign of suicide and other forms of attacks against Ethiopian forces in Somalia. more >>
by Vision reporter and Agencies
05 January 2007
UGANDA is ready to send peacekeepers to Somalia as soon as Parliament approves the plan, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni told the press in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa yesterday. more >>
05 January 2007
(Addis Ababa) - Ethiopia in collaboration with the Federal Transitional Government (FTG) of Somalia has been playing a crucial role in ensuring peace and stability in Somalia, Jendayi E. Frazier, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs said. more >>
04 January 2007
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Somali government forces and Ethiopian troops have stepped up efforts to find Islamist leaders driven out of their urban strongholds in Somalia, with US naval forces helping in the search. more >>
By Sahal Abdulle
04 January 2007
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali gunmen attacked an oil tanker truck near Mogadishu on Thursday, wounding three people and raising fears of a return to the clan-based violence that had largely stopped during six months of Islamist rule. more >>
By Howard Lesser Washington, DC
04 January 2007
A lot of questions have been raised about what drove Ethiopian troops to cross their borders and enter Somalia’s internal power struggle late last month. more >>
Aweys Osman Yusuf
04 January 2007
Mogadishu, ( Sh.M.Network) - Ethiopian and government forces are reportedly spreading into the Somali border along with Kenya to capture the escaping Islamists that are believed to be infiltrated by foreign radicals. more >>
04 January 2007
afrol News - Only ten days ago, the Eritrean government predicted that the Somali Islamists, which it supported with arms, troops and training, would win its proxy war against Ethiopian troops. Humiliated by the total defeat, Eritrea's President now puts the blame on Washington, again claiming the US is behind all evils on the African Horn. more >>
By Andrew Cawthorne
03 January 2007
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Under fire at home for costly military interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. government has managed to achieve a major policy goal in strategic Somalia without firing a shot -- thanks to Ethiopia. more >>
Mohamed Abdi Farah
03 January 2007
(SomaliNet) Somalia interior minister and Deputy Prime Minister Hussein Mohamed Aideed has strongly distanced himself from a statement quoted by the media in which he was suggesting to append Somalia into Ethiopia with a single passport, unified security forces and no borders between the two countries. more >>
By MOHAMED SHEIKH NOR, Associated Press Writer
03 January 2007
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia's prime minister said Tuesday that rival Islamic fighters have been scattered and he does not expect any more major fighting. His Ethiopian backer said he would withdraw his troops within weeks. more >>
03 January 2007
Kenyan authorities have deported more than 420 refugees who fled fighting
across the border in Somalia.
The refugees fled Islamist militias driven from southern Somalia towards Kenya
by Ethiopian and Somali soldiers. more >>
By Guled Mohamed
03 January 2007
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Gunfire rattled near Somalia's border with Kenya early on Wednesday and Ethiopian warplanes backing the Somali government streaked overhead in pursuit of fleeing Islamist forces. more >>
by Bogonko Bosire
02 January 2007
NAIROBI (AFP) - Ethiopian helicopters pursuing Somali Islamists missed their target and bombed a Kenyan border post, prompting Kenyan fighter planes to rush to the area, officials said. more >>
Mohamed Abdi Farah
02 January 2007
(SomaliNet) Hussein Mohamed Aideed, the interior minister of the transitional federal government has said on Tuesday the government wants that Somalia and Ethiopia share a single passport and wipe out the boundary between the countries – citing the unity of European countries as one nation and share one currency. more >>
by Mustafa Haji Abdinur
02 January 2007
MOGADISHU (AFP) - The Ethiopia-backed Somali government has said it has wrested control of territories in the country's southern and central regions from Islamists, as a disarmament drive in the lawless capital Mogadishu looked doomed. more >>
Story by NATION Team
02 January 2007
Ten Somalia Islamist fighters have been arrested at the Liboi border crossing point as they tried to enter Kenya, police said yesterday. more >>
Mohamed Abdi Farah
01 January 2007
(SomaliNet) Somalia’s Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi has announced on Monday that his government would collect weapons from Mogadishu residents in the capital within three days after completing the disarmament plans that have been worked by the disarmament committed set by the government. more >>
By NASTEEX DAHIR FARAH, Associated Press Writer
01 January 2007
KISMAYO, Somalia - Somali government troops backed by Ethiopian tanks and fighter jets captured the last major stronghold of a militant Islamic movement Monday, while hundreds of Islamic fighters — many of them Arabs and South Asians — were seen fleeing the town. more >>
by Mustafa Haji Abdinur
01 January 2007
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Somalia's Islamist leaders have abandoned their last stronghold south of the capital as Ethiopian troops and government forces advanced towards the port city, but vowed to fight on. more >>