Yes, it is TPLF’s nature. At no time since its inception, the Tigrea Liberation Front (TPLF), ruling Ethiopia with iron fist, has spoken the truth. The recent alleged coup, which all of a sudden changed to “plotting to assassinate” unidentified … read more »

Britain’s large Somali community chews at least seven tons a week of a drug banned in most Western countries. London – Deep in the bowels of west London, amid the warren of subways running under Edgware Road, two Ethiopians stand … read more »

International politics is not a field for dreamers; they are the easiest prey of the perfidious who run the world without being visible to most. To imagine that someone could possibly desire to help you and your country because he … read more »

Madrid – Spanish judge Fernando Andreu on Friday ordered the release of seven suspected Somali pirates who had been captured by a Spanish vessel, after ordering their imprisonment the previous day. Andreu said he was cancelling his order because prosecutors … read more »

  Eleven suspected pirates who mistook a French naval vessel for a commercial ship and pursued it were handed over to the Kenyan authorities on Friday for trial, five days after arrest.     The suspects approached the French frigate MV Nivose … read more »

Unknown aeroplanes which are said to be low flying have been spotted tonight in various residential areas in Garowe [north-eastern Somalia], Puntland region. The true identity of these planes are not yet known, however, some have said that they belong … read more »

Over 31 people have reportedly been killed in renewed violence between Somali fighters and Union of Islamic Courts troops in the war-torn Horn of Africa. Fighting erupted early on Friday after Al Shabaab gunmen shelled a number of UIC bases … read more »

MOGADISHU (Reuters) – At least 12 people were killed and scores wounded in clashes between Somalia’s militant rebels and pro-government Islamist militias in the latest fighting in the anarchic Horn of Africa state, witnesses and Islamists said.   Al Shabaab … read more »

 A government minister in Ethiopia has sided with Somali government officials and has accused Eritrea of transporting weapons to opposition groups in Somalia, Radio Garowe reports. Mohamud Dirir, the Ethiopian Minister for Communication, Culture and Tourism, said the Ethiopian government … read more »

(Reuters) – Pirates have fired small arms weapons at a U.S. Navy supply ship off the coast of Eastern Somalia, the first attack of this kind since last year’s surge in pirate attacks, the U.S. Navy said on Thursday.   … read more »

NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali pirates captured a Dutch ship in the Gulf of Aden on Thursday and a U.S. military supply ship evaded an armed attack by pirates in the same region, one of the world’s busiest and most dangerous … read more »

Eritrea’s President Issayas Afeworki said he did not recognize the Somali government led by president Sharif Sheik Ahmed and that it was not his policy to intervene Somali internal affairs.  He said that Somali president Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed was … read more »

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – A group of roughly 30 Reserve pilots, aircrew members and support personnel from the 920th Rescue Wings HC-130P/N Hercules squadron here returned safely last night from a two-month deployment to the Horn of Africa … read more »

Filed Under: Sea piracy, Waterway & Maritime Transport, Hijacking (General)   MOGADISHU — Somali pirates on Wednesday freed a cargo ship carrying goods for Somali traders hours after another gang in the Gulf of Aden seized a German-owned freighter with … read more »