Somali insurgents call on pirates to destroy hijacked ship
MOGADISHU (Xinhua) – A Somali insurgent group Thursday urged the pirates holding a Ukrainian ship carrying military hardware to destroy… (more)
Elias Kifle
Page 292Journalist accompanying Meles to New York defects
Deje Selam An Ethiopian journalist accompanying Prime Minister dictator Meles Zenawi defected to seek asylum. Shewangizaw Kassahun, special journalist at… (more)
Somalia: Prioritizing ideology over security
By David Axe, World Politics Review On a morning late last November in Mogadishu, Somalia, a tall, toothy 65-year-old man… (more)
Killer horse disease hits Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — An outbreak of African horse sickness has killed more than 2,000 horses, mules and donkeys in… (more)
Digital Technology in Kenya’s 2007-2008 Post-Election Crisis
By Josh Goldstein, Juliana Rotich Harvard University Written largely through the lens of rich nations, scholars have developed theories about… (more)
Russian warship targets freighter hijacked off Somalia coast
Radio Australia Russia has been given permission to use force against pirates who’ve seized a Ukrainian ship off the coast… (more)