Geostrategy (Free subscription) | yesterday
November 21, 2009 (ADDIS ABABA) Sudan will construct a military hospital for Djibouti armed forces, according to a bilateral agreement inked this week in the capital of Horn of Africa country.The deal was signed by Dijbouti National Defence Minister Ougoureh Kifleh Ahmed and Gen Al-Sadiq Kismalla, secretary general of the medical services fund for the Sudanese army. on Thursday 19 November.The
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Eastern African Standby Brigade (EASBRIG) military exercises earlier scheduled for between November 16 and 29 in Djibouti, have been postponed, The New Times has learnt.
Geostrategy (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Tesfa-alem TekleNov16, 2009(ADDIS ABABA) – The Saudi East African forum, a new initiative that offers unique opportunity for trade, investment and to promote and exhibit products and services between Saudi Arabia and the East African countries winded up today in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.In the joint forum, seven East African countries, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia,...
Geostrategy (Free subscription) | yesterday
Addis Ababa, November 17, 2009 (Addis Ababa) Ethiopia will become a net power exporter within ten years, exporting to Kenya, Sudan and Djibouti, Reuters and African Press Agency reported.Some six hydropower dam projects funded by bilateral government agreements and other financial institutions are under construction in Ethiopia. When the hydro power projects go into completion, the nation will
Geostrategy (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bikya Masr Staff 22 November 2009 in Egypt CAIRO: Egypt was ranked at number 111 on the International Index for Transparency and Integrity in the world, among 180 countries in the annual report of the Integrity and Transparency Organization. Egypt was equal to both Algeria and Djibouti in the report, while 8 other Arab nations preceded the North African country on the list, highlighting the rise
Geostrategy (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
A proposed U.N. resolution is calling for an arms embargo and other tough sanctions against Eritrea for supplying arms to opponents of the Somali government and refusing to resolve a border dispute with Djibouti.Uganda has circulated the draft to the 14 other members of the United Nations Security Council but diplomats said Friday no experts meeting has been scheduled to discuss it.Some council
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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