Posts Tagged ‘Al-Qaeda’

Ethiopian Troops Attacked by Suicide Bomber In Somalia. Al-Shabab Claim 33 Killed

January 25 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Somalia, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

(Bloomberg) — A suicide bomber detonated a minibus full of explosives outside a compound in southwestern Somalia that houses Ethiopian troops, an official said. Al-Shabaab, the al-Qaeda-linked militia, claimed responsibility for the attack and said 33 Ethiopian soldiers were killed. “An Ethiopian soldier fired on the minibus before it entered the compound and the attacker exploded himself... Read more

U.S. assembling secret drone bases in Ethiopia and Djibouti

September 21 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Ethiopia, News, Somalia, Uncategorized, United States Tags: , , , , , ,

The Obama administration is assembling a constellation of secret drone bases for counterterrorism operations in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula as part of a newly aggressive campaign to attack al-Qaeda affiliates in Somalia and Yemen, U.S. officials said. One of the installations is being established in Ethi­o­pia, a U.S. ally... Read more

Eritrea Denies Backing Rebels Jailed for Planning Ethiopian Summit Attack

June 17 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , ,

Eritrea denied providing support to an Ethiopian rebel group that had 14 members jailed earlier this month for a plot to bomb an African Union summit. Ethiopia’s government said on June 9 that members of the Oromo Liberation Front who received sentences ranging from nine years to life for attempting to attack the January summit in Addis... Read more

Hundreds of German-financed Somali police officers go missing

July 30 | Posted by ocean | Uncategorized Tags: , , , , ,

Almost 1,000 Somali police have gone missing after their training was financed by the German government. It is feared these officers will now join forces with the Islamist militants Al-Shabaab. In September 2009, the German government released $1 million (760,000 euros) of funding to train Somali police officers. The training took place... Read more