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‘Open, cordial, and frank discussions’ held over future Somalia-UN relationship

UN NEWS 30 January 2019 UN Photo/Omar Abdisalan Rosemary DiCarlo, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, meets...

U.S. Developing Supply Route Along Dangerous Stretch From Djibouti to Somalia

FP NEWS 26 January 2019 by AMANDA SPERBER U.S. Army Brig. Gen. William Zana, left, greets then-U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at Camp Lemonnier,...

Kenya asks UN to finance Somalia war against Shabaab

DAILY NATION 25 January 2019 by AGGREY MUTAMBO Foreign Affairs Chief Administrative Secretary Ababu Namwamba confers with EU High Representative for Foreign...

Additional overseas PLA bases ‘possible’

ECNS.CN 10 January 2019 China will consider setting up new overseas support bases for its military if there are such needs, a senior People’s Liberation Army strategist said on Wednesday. Lieutenant General He Lei, former vice-president of the PLA Academy of Military Science, said at a Beijing news conference hosted by the State Council Information Office that whether...

UN Security Council set to lift Eritrea sanctions on Wednesday

CHANNEL NEWSASIA 13 November 2018 UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on Wednesday to lift a nearly decade-old arms embargo and targeted sanctions on Eritrea, diplomats said, after the country’s rapprochement with Ethiopia and thawing of relations with Djibouti. Diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the 15-member council...

Where nobody speaks out, murder becomes the norm

THE DAILY MAVERICK 6 November 2018 by  GEOFF HILL Members of the Turkish Human Rights Association hold pictures of missing Saudi Arabian journalist...

Eritrea nears trade boost with UN sanctions lifting, regional devts

AFRICA NEWS 7 November 2018 by ABDUR RAHMAN ALFA SHABAN Eritrean ports will be major beneficiaries of proposed United Nations lifting of sanctions on the country and recent regional developments. This is the view of a former United States Assistant Secretary of State, Herman Cohen. According to Cohen, the trade potentials of the port of Massawa, which faces the Middle...

Risk of war on shipping lanes in Africa, Pacific

CAJNEWS AFRICA 11 October 2018 by SAID ABOUBAKER China / US cold war increasingly turning sour each day. Cartoon by CAJ News DJIBOUTI, (CAJ News) –...

Eritrea, Djibouti leaders hold historic meeting in Saudi Arabia

AFRICA NEWS 18 September 2018 by Daniel Mumbere The historic meeting between the leaders of Eritrea and Djibouti on Monday ‘opens a new page to promote...

Unresolved Eritrea-Djibouti Tensions Threaten Regional Peace

VOANEWS 4 August 2018 When Eritrea and Ethiopia agreed last month to end their decades-long conflict, the international community responded enthusiastically. Less...