By Sharon Tibenda
21st Nov 2011: British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that the UK will host a conference in London on Somalia in (more…)
UPDF deaths: UN calls for more troops in Somalia
By Sharon Tibenda
7th Nov 2011:
More needed: UPDF troops in Somalia
The United Nations envoy for Somalia has stressed the need to bring the strength of the African Union peacekeeping force in the Horn of Africa country to the 12,000 troops mandated by the Security Council, adding that the force also needs the capacity to deal with unconventional tactics of war.
Augustine Mahiga, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, told a news conference in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi on (more…)
Al-Shabab war: Kenya worried of ‘rebel donkeys’
By Dennis Otim
7th Nov 2011:
Donkeys caught in the heat of human battles
Kenya’s military spokesman has said large groups of donkeys in Somalia will be considered “al-Shabab activity” following reports the militants are using the animals to transport weapons. Major Emmanuel Chirchir used Twitter to warn Kenyans not to sell their donkeys to the Islamist group.
Kenya, which unlike its counterparts in the Great Lakes region [like Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, DRC, Sudan, etc] has (more…)
Salva Kiir arrests scribe for criticising him
By George Murumba
7th Nov 2011: Ngor Aguot Garang, a Journalist at Sudan Tribune, was arrested and taken into custody on Wednesday 2nd November by South Sudan’s security services following the publication of (more…)
Stop using terrorism to oppress opposition – UN
By Dennis Otim
24th Oct 2011:
Are they being used to oppress the opposition?
The fight against terrorism must never be used as a pretext for abusing basic human rights or silencing the opposition, as has happened in many professedly democratic countries over the past decade, a United Nations expert has warned.
Speaking at the news conference in New York on 21st Oct, the UN Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights Ben Emmerson said over the last ten years, many countries have stretched the definitions of terrorism to (more…)
Thousands of Southern Sudanese flee Khartoum
By Dennis Otim
15th Nov 2010
Thousands of southern Sudanese are fleeing the north as tension grows in the build-up to January’s referendum on possible southern independence. (more…)
Kenya’s census campaign wins global PR award
By John Stephen Katende
8th Nov 2010
A Kenyan campaign which sparked widespread participation in the country’s 2009 population census has been chosen for the 2010 United Nations Grand Award for outstanding achievement in public relations. (more…)
Rwandan opposition leader arrested again
By Our Staff Writer
18th Oct 2010
Victoire Ingabire, Rwanda’s most prominent opposition leader and arch critic of the Rwandan government has been arrested. (more…)
Somalia gets new Prime Minister
By John Stephen Katende
18th Oct 2010
Embattled Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has appointed a new Prime Minister (more…)
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