East Africa

BAIDOA, Somalia - Former Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed arrived in Southwest on Thursday, a state thought-about a battleground within the nation's upcoming polls, which has triggered a deterrent forward of the nation's elections, regardless of mainstream consensus. Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, who served as Somalia's president from 2009 to 2012, held a gathering with southwestern head of state Abdulaziz Lafta-Garen in Baidoa, about 250 km northwest of Mogadishu. The upcoming election dominated the talks. "The…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The long-awaited elections in Somalia have as soon as once more been handled with a bang after the most recent communication issued by 14 opposition presidential candidates, with simply over two weeks earlier than the official elections begin within the nation. Within the final 5 days, opposition fighters have been locked up in a resort in Mogadishu, the place they mentioned a variety of points with a variety of them in reference to elections in the midst of a collection of election commissions…

Ethiopia's prime minister mentioned on Thursday that the military had been ordered to maneuver on to the battered regional capital of Tigray within the north of the nation after his 72-hour ultimatum for Tigray's leaders to surrender and he warned his half one million residents to remain indoors and disarm. The army offensive "has reached its last stage" after three weeks of preventing, mentioned Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's workplace, the Related Press (AP) reported. Which means that tanks and…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A high CIA officer was killed in a latest operation in Somalia, experiences the New York Instances, including that the officer sustained critical wounds and later succumbed to one of many setbacks recorded by the U.S.-African command within the Horn of Africa nation. . The precise date of the loss of life and the officer's identify haven't but been decided, however round September, U.S. forces had been attacked by al-Shabaab militants on the Janay Abdalla base close to Kismayo, the place a U.S.…

Ethiopia's prime minister stated on Thursday that the military had been ordered to maneuver on to the battered regional capital of Tigray within the north of the nation after his 72-hour ultimatum for Tigray's leaders to surrender and he warned his half 1,000,000 residents to remain indoors and disarm. The navy offensive "has reached its last stage" after three weeks of combating, stated Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's workplace, the Related Press (AP) reported. Which means tanks and different weapons may…

ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia has denied allegations that troops have been withdrawing from Somalia within the midst of an ongoing army offensive within the Tigray area, calling the reviews "inaccurate and deceptive" regardless of a number of senior army officers admitting such an motion was taken by the federal government. For over a decade, Ethiopia has supported peacekeeping processes within the Horn of Africa with at the very least 4,000 Ethiopian nationwide protection forces. troops serving in AMISOM. There are…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Senate Vice President Abshir Ahmed has as soon as once more pushed for President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, whom he accuses of getting failed the nation after the continuing controversial election points in Somalia, which have threatened to dissolve unity within the nation. President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo is more and more underneath stress from opposition members, who accuse him of disrespecting the rule of legislation in appointing members of the nomination committee, amongst different…

Continuation and finish of our sequence on Madagascar lychee. Yearly, 2 to three weekends earlier than Christmas, there's Malagasy lychee, harvested in mid-November, in cubicles of European futures. A distinct segment market the place Madagascar reigns supreme, with greater than 15,000 tonnes exported every year. Because the main producer within the southern hemisphere, it's the solely nation on the…

Somalia Must Be taught to Stand Alone. In March 1977, Ethiopia and Somalia edged in path of wrestle over the realm of Ogaden, which each and every claimed.

AL-MUKALLA: Seven Yemeni fishermen died when their boat was destroyed by storm winds as tropical cyclone Gati buzzed Somalia. The seven fishermen had been sleeping on the ship in a protected breakwater in Xaafuun within the northeastern nation when the storm - Somalia's strongest within the document - hit early Sunday morning. Omer Gambet, head of the Fisheries Cooperative Union in Al-Mukalla, the capital of Yemen's southeastern province of Hadramout, advised Arab Information that fishermen, all from the village of…