Decrease in Somali piracy revives regional tourism
Piracy off the coast of Somalia has reduced by 40 per cent since the deployment of Kenya forces in the country, spurring tourism growth in the region.
Explosives thrown into crowds
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
Kenya’s determination to pursue Al Shabab terrorists deep into Somalia and joining AMISOM, the United Nations and African Union peace-keeping mission in that war-torn country, has, in spite of ...
First major commercial airline flight in 20 years arrives to Mogadishu
The first major commercial airline flight into Somalia's volatile capital in more than 20 years has touched down safely.
Somalia becoming Islamic terrorism hotspot
As international destinations go, Somalia has been off-the-charts for more than two decades.
Two planes bring fresh supplies to terrorists
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
(eTN) - The news that two plane loads of weaponry and ammunition being offloaded yesterday at the airport of Baidoa in Al Shabab-controlled parts of Somalia has sent a further message to the ...
Fighting Piracy In Somalia
The Security Council renewed its call today for tougher anti-piracy measures in Somalia and the wider region, urging all countries to adopt laws and cooperate with international organizations to ...
Another Foreign Tourist Abducted In Kenya
By Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Uganda
A range of sources in Mombasa and Nairobi report that a second tourist kidnapping has taken place, this time at the Manda Bay Resort near Lamu.
FAMINE SPREADS IN SOMALIA
The United Nations agricultural agency today called for greater efforts bring the food crisis in the Horn of Africa under control, saying that famine conditions had spread to a sixth area in ...
The United Nations humanitarian chief earlier this week toured the world's largest refugee camp, telling residents of Dadaab in north-eastern Kenya that the international community must do more to ...
Famine In Somalia
The United Nations today declared a famine in three more areas in drought-ravaged Somalia, bringing to five the number of regions in the Horn of Africa country where acute malnutrition and ...
Humanitarian Crisis In The Horn Of Africa
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today it will start airlifts within days to get vital supplies into Somalia, which is bearing the brunt of the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of ...
Famine in Somalia
The United Nations today declared a famine in two regions of southern Somalia owing to the worst drought in decades, and appealed for urgent resources to assist millions of people in desperate ...
Maritime piracy off the coast of Somalia
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for a comprehensive response to maritime piracy off the coast of Somalia, saying the menace is a consequence of the overall insecurity, lack of a stable ...
International Navies Called To Fight Global Menace
The United Nations today launched an action plan to combat piracy off the Somali coast, calling for greater support from national navies to fight a “global menace” that threatens not only ...
National Union of Somali Journalists Protests Beating
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) strongly condemns today an action by Somali Transitional Federal government soldiers and officials who have beaten two ...
Somali Airport Bombing
At least eight people have been killed in bomb blasts at the main airport in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, witnesses have said.
32 Killed
By Mike Pflanz
NAIROBI, Kenya - At least 32 people, including 6 legislators from the country's western-funded parliament, were killed on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 in a suicide bombing at a hotel near Somalia's ...
united front against terrorism and piracy
KAMPALA, Uganda - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jean-Paul Adam, has welcomed the call by the African Union to strengthen its role in ensuring stability in the state of Somalia.
Fight Against Terrorism
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
(eTN) - The African Union mission in Somalia, presently short of the envisaged 8,100 troops, may soon see up to 2,000 more Ugandan personnel arrive, according to the latest reports released in ...
African Union Summit
Kampala - The African Union summit opens in Kampala on July 19 amid heightened security following twin bomb attacks a week earlier.
Press Conference With Commander Of European Union Anti-Piracy Naval Force
Addressing pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden at a headquarters press conference, Rear Admiral Peter Hudson, Operations Commander of the European Union Naval Force in Somalia (EU NAVFOR) — ...
Halting Illegal Arms And Ammunition Supply To Militias
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
The African Union, which maintains a peace keeping force in Somalia – incidentally with a very large contingent of Ugandan troops, over which radical Islamic militias have threatened reprisals ...
Somalia Piracy
By eTN Staff Writer
A delegation from the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS) met today in Washington DC with Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Andrew J.
Prevention Efforts Stepped Up
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Ambassador
With the three Seychellois piracy victims now safely back home, more efforts to prevent piracy incidents in the island archipelago’s waters have become known.
Pirates Returned To Somalia, Arrested
As reported in yesterday's update on piracy situation in the Indian Ocean, a Dash 8 aircraft was being temporarily detained at Nairobi's international airport upon arrival from the Seychelles. ...
Problem from Hell
By Alain St. Ange, eTN Ambassador
The 23 Somali men who were held in custody in Seychelles on suspicion of piracy have been repatriated to Somalia.
Somali Piracy in Prison
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Africa
Kenyan Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka has during a visit to Mombasa last week reiterated that those Somali pirates captured and handed over to the Kenyan authorities for trial will be treated in ...
African Union Mission to Somalia
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Africa
The recent arrests in Australia of several Somali-born Australian citizens once again demonstrate the global reach of this festering problem originating from the Horn of Africa.
Cruise Industry Vs. Piracy
Passengers on MSC Cruises' Melody were partying under the starry midnight sky when armed pirates in a small speedboat attacked their luxury cruise liner last month in the Indian Ocean, and ...
Somalia
By bbc.co.uk
Two French citizens and their sailing boat have been seized by pirates off the Somali coast, French officials say.
