Posts Tagged ‘Al-Shabaab’

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

More Ethiopian troops seen in central Somalia – residents

November 27 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Politics, Somalia, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

(Reuters) – New convoys of heavily-armed Ethiopian troops have crossed into Somalia and are heading for central areas, residents said Sunday, days after Addis Ababa said it planned to send troops to help Somali and Kenya forces fighting Islamist insurgents. Ethiopia, which intervened in Somalia between 2006 and 2009, said Friday that... Read more

PetroTrans May Face Attack in Ethiopia Oil Search, Group Says

August 9 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Economy, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Petrotrans Co., a Chinese oil exploration company, may face attack in Ethiopia’s restive Ogaden region if it begins operations in the area, a U.S.-based advocacy group said. “We urge all foreign oil companies, especially the Chinese oil and gas company PetroTrans, to refrain from undertaking any oil exploration missions in Ogaden,” the Resolve Ogaden Coalition said in... Read more

Eritrea : We are not the “Bad boy”

August 9 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , ,

Three events in quick succession have forced Eritrea to go on the defensive with its envoy in Nairobi declaring , “we have never been the bad boy”. Despite the firm declaration of innocence by Asmara, the recent report by the UN Security Monitoring Group and assertions by leaders of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (Igad) provided ammunition... Read more

The bad boy of the Horn of Africa: How Eritrea’s strongman uses Kenya as a terror finance hub

August 9 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi, News, People, Politics, Somalia, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

In early July, as Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki headed to Addis Ababa to chair a meeting of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad), a six-country partnership formed to address issues of drought, security and development in the Horn of Africa, he sounded a stern warning to Eritrea. For Kibaki, a president who is not known for his... 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

Al-Shabaab calls muslims for revolts in Ethiopia and Kenya

March 4 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

By ABDULKADIR KHALIF in Mogadishu African Review A top Somali radicals al-Shabaab official has urged Muslims in Ethiopia and Kenya to rise up against their governments. Sheikh Mahad Omar Abdikarim made the call on Thursday at a gathering in Baidoa town, 240km southwest of the capital Mogadishu. Sheikh Abdikarim said Muslims in Kenya and Ethiopia were oppressed, adding that... Read more

Ethiopia Downplays Fears of Terrorist Attack At AU Summit

January 28 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Crime, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

DailyNation: Addis Ababa — Ethiopian authorities have downplayed the ‘reliable terrorist attack risk’ at the forthcoming African Union (AU) summit later this week in Addis Ababa, notified by western countries. Ethiopia’s Foreign ministry’s spokesperson Ambassador Dina Muftui told the Nation that the country was aware of the risk but it was not beyond... Read more

Britain issued travel warning over Ethiopia AU summit bomb threat

January 28 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Ethiopia, Featured, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

(Reuters) – Britain amended its travel advice for Ethiopia on Thursday after the Australian foreign ministry warned that militants were planning bomb attacks on Addis Ababa during an African Union summit starting this week. The Foreign Office told its citizens to be vigilant, especially in crowded areas, such as bus stations, and places frequented by foreigners, including... Read more

Australia warns of bomb attacks by Al Shabaab at Addis AU summit

January 26 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The Australian foreign ministry has warned that extremists are planning bomb attacks on Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa during an African Union summit there starting this week. A Western diplomat in Addis Ababa said the information his colleagues had was that Somali militants might be planning attacks on the... Read more

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