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Al Jazeera English | US searching for a home for Africom | 05 Dec 2007
Washington is searching for a home for its new military operations centre for Africa. But Africom’s - as its called - has been dogged by controversy, as Mohammed Adow reports from Djibouti.
Tuesday 4 September 2012 By Toby Collins
September 3, 2012 (LONDON) – Egyptian authorities fearful of a monopoly on Nile waters received agreement from Khartoum to build an airbase in Sudan, to launch attacks on Ethiopian damming facilities, claims the (...)
Monday 4 February 2013 February 2, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – Eritrea’s biggest opposition group on Saturday called for urgent action to stop rising abductions and disappearances against Eritrean refugees sheltered at Shagarab refugee camp in Eastern Sudan. Eritrean (...)
Wednesday 5 December 2012 Communiqué: 14th Ordinary Summit of EAC Heads of State
November 30, 2012
Theme: Investing in 21st Century Infrastructure for Deeper Integration
1 THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY HEADS OF STATE, HE PRESIDENT MWAI KIBAKI OF THE REPUBLIC OF (...)
Sunday 11 November 2012 November 10, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - A US religious freedom group has called on Ethiopian authorities to stop what it said was an emerging religious freedom violations against Muslim minorities in the Horn of Africa.
The US Commission on (...)
Saturday 18 February 2012 February 17, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudanese police in the early morning of Friday raided dormitories of the University of Khartoum and arrested over three hundred students in anticipation of a new protest they planned to stage this weekend. (...)
Friday 24 August 2012 INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP
Ethiopia After Meles
Africa Briefing N°8922 Aug 2012
OVERVIEW
The death of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who had not been seen in public for several months, was announced on 20 August 2012 by Ethiopian (...)
Sunday 7 April 2013 April 7, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir will fly out to Kenya on Monday to participate in the inauguration ceremony of Uhuru Kenyatta as new leader of the East African nation, a newspaper reported today. (...)
Thursday 17 January 2013 January 16, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – A group of journalists and human rights activists are set to launch a new media center in Sudan’s South Kordofan state capital, Kadugli on Thursday.
Annas Saeed Kuku, the proprietor said the center, which (...)
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 (...)
Monday 5 March 2012 By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
March 4, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) – The governments of Ethiopia and newly independent South Sudan signed eight memorandums of understanding to enhance their economic and diplomatic ties, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign (...)
Alex de Waal: the rebirth of a principled activist?2013-06-20 03:33:50 By Monim El-Jak
June 19, 2013 - Whenever Alex de Waal publishes analysis or reflections, Sudanese intellectuals and activists, and the concerned international institutions and individuals, give (...)
On Abyei enough is enough2013-06-18 05:01:47 By Deng Vanang
June 17, 2013 - No one whether locally or internationally can still argue there is more hope to resolve Abyei stalemate peacefully. It has been everybody’s wish that dialogue could (...)
The arming of rebels in Sudan and South Sudan: what is the evidence?2013-06-18 04:57:44 By Eric Reeves
17 June 2013 - News reporting in general, a great deal of analytic writing, and virtually all diplomatic pronouncements about military support for rebel groups—in South Sudan and (...)
South Sudan civil society alliance ask to meet the president2013-06-12 05:23:59 South Sudan Civil Society Alliance
National Issues Discussed with the Presidential Legal Advisor and Appeal to meet the President
June 7, 2013
Ladies and gentlemen of the press, today the (...)
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Alex de Waal: the rebirth of a principled activist? 2013-06-20 03:33:50 By Monim El-Jak June 19, 2013 - Whenever Alex de Waal publishes analysis or reflections, Sudanese intellectuals and activists, and the concerned international institutions and individuals, give (...)
On Abyei enough is enough 2013-06-18 05:01:47 By Deng Vanang June 17, 2013 - No one whether locally or internationally can still argue there is more hope to resolve Abyei stalemate peacefully. It has been everybody’s wish that dialogue could (...)
The arming of rebels in Sudan and South Sudan: what is the evidence? 2013-06-18 04:57:44 By Eric Reeves 17 June 2013 - News reporting in general, a great deal of analytic writing, and virtually all diplomatic pronouncements about military support for rebel groups—in South Sudan and (...)
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