Somalia fighting kills 17 despite peace pact

Mogadishu, June 18 (Reuters) – Fighting between Islamist-led insurgents and allied Somali-Ethiopian troops has killed at least 17 people, residents said on Wednesday, underlining the lack of impact of a U.N.-brokered peace agreement.

One attack on a troop patrol on Tuesday night prompted return

A Conflict’s Buffer Zone: Rocks, and Inches

ON THE DJIBOUTIAN-ERITREAN BORDER — The distance between the rival armies is shorter than the barrel of a gun. Hundreds of opposing troops are lined up on the border, staring each other down, from just inches away.

On one side are the Djiboutians, a relatively

Khudbo oo Afqurac jeediyay

Madaxweyne ku xigeenka Maamul goboleedka Puntland Xasan Daahir Afqurac oo saakay ka qeybgalay furitaanka kalfadhigii 20-aad ee Golaha Wakiilada Puntland ayaa ka hadlay arrimo far badan oo ku saabsan arrimaha amaanka Puntland, xiriirka Dowladda KMG iyo Puntland ka dhaxeeya, isagoo sheegay in uu yahay mid

The United States condemns Eritrea ‘aggression’

Eritrea has faced international censure after after fighting along its border with Djibouti killed at least six Djiboutian soldiers and wounded more than 50 others. The United States on Thursday blamed Asmara for the clashes, while the Arab League urged it to pull back its forces. The first clashes for a decade between the Horn of Africa neighbours, two of the continent’s

Somali fighters target Mogadishu airport

Fighters from the Islamic Courts’ Union are reported to have fired mortars at Mogadishu’s airport as Abdullahi Yusuf, the Somali president, was preparing to fly out, according to a spokesman.

Hussein Mohamed Mohamud said Yusuf had not yet boarded the aircraft on Thursday when the mortars landed.