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Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
In its “A Week in the Horn” report, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) raised issues on the Saudi Arabia – East African Partnership Forum, the preparation of Africa's Committee for the Copenhagen Conference, Ethiopia-Djibouti High Level Joint Commission, a controversial conference on Eritrea and the need of action in Somalia. Source: (Ethiopia) Waltainfo.com - Government statement...
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Full Comment (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
What do Uganda, Burundi, Sudan and Djibouti have in common? They are on the list of 49 countries that would receive billions of dollars every year from Canadian families as part of a new global-warming agreement proposed by the United Nations. The UN also wants to impose new taxes on industry that would increase energy costs and kill jobs. Stephen Harper should demonstrate global leadership by rejecting...
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EagleSpeak (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Reported here : On the early morning of 18 November 2009, 350 nautical miles east from the Somali coast, pirates attacked MV Maersk Alabama, a US flagged, Danish owned, 155 meter long, Container ship. Pirates fired automatic weapons on MV Maersk Alabama who responded with fire from an embarked Vessel Protection Detachment. The crew managed to repel the attack and no casualties were reported. The vessel...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday for the second time in seven months, though private guards on board the U.S.-flagged ship repelled the attack with gunfire and a high-decibel noise device. A U.S. surveillance plane was monitoring the cargo ship as it steamed on to its destination. Pirates hijacked the Maersk Alabama last April and took ship captain Richard...
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Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama for the second time in seven months on Wednesday, but guards on board the U.S.-flagged cargo ship repelled the takeover attempt, the EU's naval force said. Pirates hijacked the Maersk Alabama last April and took ship captain Richard Phillips hostage, holding him at gunpoint in a lifeboat for five days. Navy SEAL sharpshooters freed Phillips while killing three...
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The Corner (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
As usual, Andy McCarthy hits it out of the park with his column today on NRO , " Justice Delayed ." I would add only one point: Part of the delay in trying KSM was in fact by choice, and it was a wise choice. Unlike the Obama administration, our first priority in the Bush administration was not putting KSM on trial -- it was getting intelligence from KSM so we could stop follow-on attacks...
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Sand gets in my eyes (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Just over half (52.5%) of women over the age of 15 in the world are actively engaged in economic activities . In the Arab states overall, the percent of women involved in economic activity drops to 26.7%, in large because of Saudi Arabia, where just 17.6 % of the female population is engaged in economic activity. Only women in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are less involved than the women of...
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Islamization Watch (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
The public killings in the southwestern town of Baidoa followed weeks of fierce fighting as the Islamists try to seize Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. The beheadings were the largest mass execution since the Islamists were pushed from power two and a half years ago, but they follow many individual executions, amputations and stonings. The beheadings may be linked to the Islamists' failure to take Mogadishu...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
The United Nations refugee agency says Djibouti has sent back dozens of Somali asylum seekers back to Somalia's restive capital Mogadishu.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The United Nations refugee agency has voiced regret at Djibouti's forced repatriation of 40 Somali asylum-seekers, including 13 women and children, who were rescued at sea by a Dutch ship in the Red Sea last month.
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EagleSpeak (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
VOA headline says there is a relation to Somali sea pirates in Somali Pirates Tried to Seize Plane, Passengers : An eyewitness account of an attempted plane hijacking last week in Somalia's northern semi-autonomous Puntland region suggests would-be hijackers were members of a pirate gang, whose operations have been affected by the increased international naval patrols in the Gulf of Aden. Last Tuesday,...
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lloydslist.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The six signatories of the Djibouti Code of Conduct attend workshop to improve capabilities in fight against piracy
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
A Saudi-East African Forum to be organized under the auspices of the business community of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from November 13 - 15, 2009 in Addis Ababa. Over seven countries are expected to participate including Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Somalia and Uganda.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Traders in Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti will have their turnaround time on roads while transporting their goods from within and outside the countries reduced because of the planned improvement in the region's road infrastructure.
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