(SomaliNet) South Africa and Sudan warned in a joint communique on Tuesday that peace efforts in Sudan's troubled Darfur region could be seriously undermined by the International Criminal Court's plans to issue an arrest warrant for President Omar al-Bashir.
Its release follows talks between Sout
(SomaliNet) The electoral commission chief said on Tuesday that Rwanda's ruling party won a majority of seats in parliamentary polls in which it faced little opposition.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame's Rwanda Patriotic Front won 42 of the 53 seats contested in Monday's direct voting, while the So
(SomaliNet) Uganda’s Lords Resistance Army (LRA) rebels early on Thursday attacked a border village in Sakure sub-county between Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo in a surprise attack on barracks of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA).
“About 100 LRA rebels made a surprise a
(SomaliNet) The Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has applauded Uganda for sending a peace keeping contingent to Somalia.
Eng. Mahboub Maalim, the new IGAD Executive Secretary, told journalists at the ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday that Uganda’s mission under AMISOM c
(SomaliNet) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has warned that he is prepared to withdraw Ethiopian troops from Somalia, where they are propping up the US-backed Transitional Federal Government (TFG), even if the Somali transitional government was not in control of the country.
Meles’ commen
(SomaliNet) A court in Sudanese capital Khartoum heard on Sunday that four Sudanese men accused of killing a U.S. aid worker and his driver in a New Year's Eve attack were plotting to murder another foreigner when they were arrested.
According to press reports, the four are charged with murderin
(SomaliNet) The Police in Kenya said on Monday that a centenarian woman was murdered in the Kenyan coastal town of Malindi by locals who suspected her of being a witch.
"We are investigating the murder of an old woman who was aged 100 or more and was killed on allegations that she was practising
(SomaliNet) The United Nations appealed on Monday for $460-million to feed some 10-million Ethiopians hit by drought and high food prices.
Josette Sheeran, executive director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said: "The Horn of Africa region is facing the worst humanitarian crisis since 1984,
(SomaliNet) The Sudanese army said Sudanese forces on Sunday killed six heavily armed bandits who had kidnapped 19 European tourists and their Egyptian guides in a remote desert nine days ago.
According to an army statement, the shootout erupted as Sudanese troops were scouring the desert for the
(SomaliNet) Tanzanian officials said on Thursday that nineteen Tanzanian children aged between five and 12 suffocated and died in a crowded disco during a party to mark the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday.
Media reports said the children died during the daytime festivities on Wednesday in a building
