Al Qaeda | al-Qa’eda

Sudan became a notorious refuge for militant Islamists in In the early 1990s, including Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden who was based in the country from 1991 to 1996.

Al-Qaeda’s presence led to American sanctions on Sudan that have continued ever since.

In 2011 Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan by US special forces.

Al Jazeera English | Inside Story - Is N Africa Al-Qaeda’s new front? | 12 Dec. 2007

Ethiopia produces first military drone aircraft
Thursday 14 February 2013
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle February 14, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – An Ethiopian military source has told Sudan Tribune that the country has built the first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone which could be used for multiple purposes. A US (...)
Eritrea continues to destabilise region, says Ethiopia
Saturday 28 September 2013
September 27, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopia on Friday accused arch-rival Eritrea of continuing to destabilise the East African region by supporting armed groups and terrorists organisations such as Al-Qaida allied Al-Shabaab. Ethiopia (...)
Leader of Al-Qaeda in Sudan killed in Mali: reports
Saturday 23 February 2013
February 22, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The leader of Sudan’s Al-Qaeda in the Land of the Two Niles group, Abu Hazim, was killed in an airstrike carried out recently by French warplanes on the positions of jihadists in northern Mali. An (...)
Ethiopia thwarts kidnap-for-ransom plot against UN staff
Wednesday 27 March 2013
March 26, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - Ethiopian security forces have thwarted an alleged kidnapping plot by members of Somalia Islamist extremist group, against foreign United Nations aid workers based in Ethiopia’s Somali region. According (...)
Ethiopia and Qatar restore diplomatic ties
Wednesday 24 October 2012
October 23, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - Ethiopia and Qatar have agreed to open diplomatic relations after both been at odds for more than four years, according to Ethiopian press. Ethiopia cut diplomatic ties with Qatar in 2008, accusing (...)
Ethiopia arrest suspected Al-Qaeda allied militants
Friday 4 January 2013
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle January 3, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - Ethiopia’s security forces have arrested 15 individuals alleged to be members of a terrorist cell affiliated with Al Qaeda’s network in the East African region, the country’s (...)
South Sudan welcomes killing of Osama bin laden
Thursday 5 May 2011
May 4, 2011 (ABYEI) - A senior member of the South Sudan’s ruling party, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) on Wednesday welcomed the death of terrorist leader, Osama bin laden, Pakistan following a raid by the United States (...)
US fear of Horn of Africa radicals overblown-expert
Monday 7 February 2005
By Matthew Green ADDIS ABABA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Fears that the Horn of Africa could become an incubator for international Islamic extremism are overblown, partly because plans to sow such militancy have already failed, a regional (...)
UN clears Eritrea over allegations of arming Somali rebels
Wednesday 18 January 2012
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle January 17, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) – A UN monitoring panel says it has disproved allegations that Eritrea was supplying weapons to Somalia’s Al-Shabaab militants towards the end of 2011. Last November, the Kenyan (...)
Ethiopia arrests four Al-Qaeda allied suspects
Sunday 17 March 2013
March 16, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopian security forces have arrested four members of the Al-Qaeda allied Somalian Islamist extremist group, al-Shabaab. According to the National Security and Intelligence Agency, the militants were (...)

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