The recent arrest of Eritrea’s former finance minister is a troubling sign that repressive tactics continue despite changes in Eritrea’s diplomatic engagements. Human Rights Watch released a video about Eritrean political prisoners including 21 senior government officials and journalists detained in 2001 after they criticized President Isaias Afewerki. Eritrean authorities arrested Abrehe Kidane Berhane, the

A Muslim politician little-known even within her own party has surprisingly made her way into the Swedish parliament owing to a clever campaign reaching out to fellow Somalis in their native language. Leila Ali Elmi, a former Somali refugee, has made history by becoming the first Somali Swedish Muslim woman to become a lawmaker in

On October 1, MD Helicopters (MDHI) announced an order for six MD 530G Scout Attack Helicopters from the Lebanon Air Force, days after it had announced an order for the MD 530F from Kenya. Included in both deals are initial logistics support, ground support equipment, and associated services. The MD 530G to be received by

Russia has completed the delivery of S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to Syria, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin during a meeting broadcasted by Rossiya 24 TV on Tuesday. Shoigu said that Russia has delivered four S-300 launchers along with radars and support vehicles. The minister said it will take three months to train

The United States believes Russia is developing a ground-launched system in breach of a Cold War treaty that could allow Russia to launch a nuclear strike on Europe at short notice, but Moscow has consistently denied any such violation. U.S. ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison said Washington remained committed to a diplomat solution but

Mogadishu, A United Nations-backed AU. Somali forces in Somalia has been battling al Qaeda-linked Islamist rebels in the troubled Horn of Africa country. The airstrike was conducted around 40 KM north of Kismayo in Lower Juba region and killed 9 Al Shabaab militants. A statement from the United States Department of Defense spokesman said that

Mogadishu-A convoy of the EU Training Mission in Somalia was hit on Monday in Mogadishu with a car bomb attack by Al Shabaab, killing at least three people on the spot. While no personnel of EUTM was injured, civilians in the vicinity of the attack are reported to be among the casualties.EUTM said the attack

At least 832 people have been killed in an earthquake and a tsunami struck by the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, according to the State Department’s Disaster Management Agency. Many are said to be stranded in collapsed buildings, while the blast is nearing a thousand. Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo, arrived today on the island of Sulawesi,

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s attorney general on Friday filed terrorism charges against five suspects held for involvement in a grenade attack at a rally attended by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in June. Two people were killed and scores wounded in the explosion in the center of the capital Addis Ababa on June 23 that

“Ethiopia and Eritrea have opened a new chapter in their relationship, ending two decades of conflict,” he told world leaders on the third day of the Assembly’s annual general debate. Citing his Prime Minister’s continued actions for peacemaking in the region, he detailed the extensive lengths to which Ethiopia has fostered peaceful relations with other