(SomaliNet) After Eritrea forced out most of the U.N. troops, the U.N. Security Council is planning to disband its peacekeeping mission to the volatile border between Eritrea and Ethiopia, diplomats said on Tuesday.
On Thursday, the mandate for the 1,700-strong force expires and a draft resolutio
(SomaliNet) Kenya's the tourism board said on Wednesday that the East African nation’s tourism earnings tumbled 32 percent in the first half of this year from the same period in 2007 after a bloody post-election crisis caused massive cancellations.
Over 1,200 people were killed and 300,000 disp
(SomaliNet) New York-based Human Rights Watch and two other rights groups on Wednesday urged Uganda to investigate the alleged detaining and torture of a gay rights activist on trial for protesting against discrimination last month.
According to reports, Usaam Mukwaya and two other activists were
(SomaliNet) After restrictions placed on the peacekeeping operation by Eritrea have undermined its ability to carry out its mandate, the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday voted unanimously to terminate the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE).
According to reports posted on the
(SomaliNet) A 37-year-old Eritrean Christian woman has died while in custody in Eritrea. The Eretria woman, Azieb Simon, succumbed to malaria while being held in the Wi'a Military Training Center, according to accounts from Compass Direct.
A report said the woman, already weakened by mistreatmen
(SomaliNet) The presidents of Egypt and Uganda said on Wednesday that possible charges against Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir should be delayed and he should be given time to improve the security situation in Sudan’s Darfur region.
Ugandan Minister Omara Atubo said after a meeting between th
(SomaliNet) Uganda has been applauded by the UN for controlling its population growth rate, one of the highest in the world.
Janet Jackson, the new UN Population Fund representative to Uganda, said Ugandan Government’s move to have a population policy would reduce the growth rate that currentl
(SomaliNet) In a move that may return calm to the disputed border, Ethiopia said on Thursday it wanted to resolve a border impasse with Eritrea by dialogue, but might defend itself if its Red Sea neighbour violated its territory.
Meanwhile, Eritrea is angry that the United Nations has not enforce
(SomaliNet) Members of Darfur rebels’ defence teams said two Sudanese courts on Thursday sentenced 22 more Darfur rebels to death by hanging for their involvement in a raid on the capital in May.
"The court condemned ten to death by hanging and three others to a juvenile court," lawyer Adam Sal
(SomaliNet) The commander of the joint UN and African Union (AU) peacekeepers in Darfur (UNAMID) called for the inclusion of non-African contingents among his troops.
Expressing disappointment over lack of support to UNAMID by the international community, the Nigerian general Martin Luther Agwai
