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UN envoy to Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah
Somalia: A Peace Deal's Likely Harvest
June 10, 2008 1538 GMT
A peace deal between the Somalian government and Islamist insurgents announced June 9 probably will win the Somalian government more foreign aid, but it most likely will not end the insurgency. [more]
Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys
Somalia: The Islamists Seek Unity
April 24, 2008 1639 GMT
Factions in the Somalian Islamist Group the Supreme Islamic Courts Council will use an upcoming conference in Djibouti to unify their insurgency, Stratfor sources reported April 24. [more]
Somalian President Abdullahi Yusuf
Kenya: The Threat Against Finland's Embassy
February 6, 2008 1645 GMT
Finland's embassy in Kenya received an e-mail threat of a possible attack against it, media reported Feb. 6. [more]
Ethiopian soldier and U.N. peacekeepers in truck
Eritrea, Ethiopia: Border Tensions and a Fuel Cutoff
January 23, 2008 1833 GMT
Eritrea cut off fuel supplies to U.N. peacekeepers patrolling the disputed border between Ethiopia and Eritrea, media reported Jan. 23. [more]
Ethiopian Soldier Manning a Position Near the Border
Ethiopia, Eritrea: Tensions High in Border Dispute
November 29, 2007 1519 GMT
The Ethiopia-Eritrea Boundary Commission is threatening to rule that the demarcation line between the two countries will stand. [more]
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Geopolitical Diary: A Peaceless Peace Deal In Somalia?
November 9, 2007 0253 GMT
Even if there is a peace deal in Mogadishu, it might not bode well for peace in the Horn of Africa. [more]
Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys
Ethiopia, Somalia: Reconciliation Conferences and Threats
August 30, 2007 1816 GMT
The Somalian government's reconciliation conference ended Aug. 30 in Mogadishu, yielding contradictory reports on how helpful the conference was toward achieving reconciliation. [more]
Ethiopia: Zenawi Confronts the Ogaden Provocation
August 8, 2007 2137 GMT
Ethiopia will respond in its usual manner to a warning issued Aug. 8 by the Ogaden National... [more]
Intelligence Guidance: April 30, 2007
April 30, 2007 1952 GMT
1. The Iranian president has been far more laid-back toward all things American in the past two... [more]
China: A New Face -- and Ideas -- at the Foreign Ministry
April 27, 2007 1645 GMT
Beijing replaced its foreign minister April 27 along with three other Cabinet members, each of... [more]
The Horn of Africa: Anti-Ethiopian Cooperation Goes Regional
April 25, 2007 1914 GMT
Militants attacked a Chinese energy facility in eastern Ethiopia's Ogaden region April 24, the... [more]
Geopolitical Diary: Jihadist Warfare in the Horn of Africa and Beyond
April 20, 2007 0200 GMT
A suicide bomber blew up a truck at an Ethiopian army base in the Somalian capital of Mogadishu... [more]
Somalia: The Islamists Strike Back
March 21, 2007 2037 GMT
Seven Somalian troops were killed and two soldiers' corpses were later dragged through the... [more]
Somalia: Ethiopia's Quandary
January 4, 2007 0518 GMT
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Jan. 2 called for an international peacekeeping force... [more]
Geopolitical Diary: Open Warfare in Somalia
December 26, 2006 0954 GMT
The tensions in Somalia between the forces of the Supreme Islamic Courts Council (SICC) and the... [more]
Somalia: The Significance of the Bombing Near Baidoa
December 1, 2006 0511 GMT
In an attack that clearly was meant for a target within Baidoa, either a car or a suicide bomber... [more]
Somalia: The Deyr Delays an Imminent Clash
November 28, 2006 0532 GMT
Militias of the Supreme Islamic Courts Council (SICC) reinforced the central Somalian town of... [more]
Ethiopia and Somalia: In Denial
November 21, 2006 0505 GMT
Ethiopia and Somalia both denied Nov. 20 that a weekend clash occurred between Ethiopian troops... [more]
Somalia: Washington's New Approach to the SICC
October 13, 2006 0321 GMT
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Theresa Whelan met Ethiopian Prime... [more]
Somalia: Ugandan Troops and the Coming Battle for Baardheere
September 29, 2006 0329 GMT
Uganda flew a planeload of troops Sept. 26 to Baidoa, the seat of Somalia's interim government,... [more]
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