(SomaliNet) Ethiopia said on Monday it will respect a U.N.-brokered peace deal for Somalia requiring the gradual withdrawal of its troops whose presence is the main bone of contention for opposition groups.
On Sunday, Somalia's government signed a ceasefire agreement with moderate leaders of the
(SomaliNet) The Sudanese foreign ministry says five kidnapped Chinese oil workers have been killed by their captors in Sudan.
A spokesman for Sudan’s foreign ministry Ali al-Sadiq, , said two other kidnapped workers managed to flee with minor injuries while two remained in captivity.
Al-Sadi
(SomaliNet) Calling it an "inhumane terrorist" act, China on Tuesday condemned the killing of five kidnapped Chinese oil workers in Sudan
"We express strong indignation and condemnation for the inhumane terrorist deed of the kidnappers in killing these unarmed workers," Chinese foreign ministry
(SomaliNet) The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development has commended Kenya for playing a leading role in the Somali peace process.
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, the IGAD chairman, thanked Kenyan President Kibaki for his dedication and efforts towards a lasting solution to the Som
(SomaliNet) The U.S. special envoy to Sudan said on Tuesday that the United Nations expects that 3,600 more peacekeepers will be deployed in Sudan's war-ravaged western Darfur region by the end of the year.
Meanwhile, the United States has complained for months about the slow deployment of the jo
(SomaliNet) Three Nigerians have been detained after forging the governor's signature to try to steal $27 million from its international account, Ethiopia's central bank, the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE), said on Tuesday.
According to the bank, it was informed by Citibank earlier this month o
(SomaliNet) Ethiopia, whose forces toppled an Islamist regime in Mogadishu two years ago, on Tuesday blamed the failure to restore stability in Somalia on the transitional rulers it helped bring to power.
"Somalia's problems are not security, but political," said Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin at
(SomaliNet) An extraordinary summit of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) opened Tuesday in the Kenyan capital Nairobi to criticism of Somali government leaders by the country's lawmakers and foreign officials.
The two-day summit, chaired by Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum M
(SomaliNet) Sudanese security sources said two oil workers were killed and a third was kidnapped by unknown militants at an oil field in south Sudan on Wednesday.
All the three were employees of a Yemeni petroleum company, the sources said.
The source added that the two killed men were Sudanes
(SomaliNet) After they attempted to rob a motorcycle from a bodaboda cyclist, the Police shot dead two armed thugs in Lungujja-Kosovo, Rubaga Division. Police said the robbers did not have any identification.
Kampala Police spokesperson Simeo Nsubuga said one of the robbers hired a cyclist ident
