Horn of Africa

Final UN Peacekeepers Leave Ethiopia

Peacekeeping units from Jordan, Kenya and other countries began leaving Ethiopia in August. The state-run Ethiopian News Agency Monday said the last batch of peacekeepers,

YEMEN: Influx of migrants strains resources - official

Photo: Muhammad al-Jabri/IRIN One of some 5,000 Somali refugees who fled to Yemen since September sleeps under a tree in al-Basatin, a poor neighbourhood in the southern ...

Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of torturing deportees

Ethiopia has accused its neighbour and arch-foe Eritrea of torturing, and then dumping at the border, scores of its nationals who had been deported to ...

Ethiopia investigates Egypt deporting its citizen to Eritrea

Ethiopia launched on Saturday an investigation into the deportation of its 166 citizens to Eritrea where they claimed to have been tortured for over three ...

Sudan and Eritrea discuss Darfur peace

October 9, 2008 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese Presidential Assistant met yesterday with the visiting Eritrean Presidential Adviser to discuss the ongoing initiatives to bring peace in ...

Press Release: Unwarranted Act Stemming from Utter Desperation

By Ministry of Foreign AffairsOct 7, 2008, 14:22 On October 6 yesterday, the US State Department issued a government notice banning arms sales to Eritrea by ...

Eritrea hails Iranian media coverage

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:50:40 GMT Eritrea's Minister of Information, Ali Abdu Ahmed has voiced admiration for Iran's role in bringing to light the ...

Investigating 'Africa's Guantanamo'

Page last updated at 13:30 GMT, Wednesday, 1 October 2008 14:30 UKBy Robert Walker BBC News Salim Awadh is talking to me from inside a ...

Somali Islamists tell pirates to destroy Ukrainian arms ship

5 hours agoMOGADISHU (AFP) — Somali Islamist militants on Thursday urged pirates holding a Ukrainian ship carrying tanks and military hardware to destroy the cargo ...