English - East Africa Articles

• Sudan: EU warns Sudan of possible EU sanctions over war crimes
  2008-06-17 08:32:13 - (SomaliNet) The European Union warned Sudan on Monday of possible EU sanctions if it fails to cooperate on war crimes. Meanwhile, foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg warned of specific EU san
  
• Sudan: UN finds 89 bodies in disputed Sudan oil area-UN official
  2008-06-17 08:31:03 - (SomaliNet) A senior United Nations official said on Monday that UN has so far found 89 bodies in the disputed oil-rich Abyei region of Sudan from fighting that erupted last month. Meanwhile, a
  
• Kenya: \'Army killing, torturing civilians\' -medical charity
  2008-06-17 08:26:22 - (SomaliNet) A medical charity said on Tuesday that Kenyan troops fighting rebels in a remote area are killing and torturing civilians in a conflict that has worsened sharply in 2008 but has barely bee
  
• Sudan’s army accused by Chad of attacking town
  2008-06-17 08:20:07 - (SomaliNet) Sudan\'s army has been accused by Chadian government of attacking a town on the border on Tuesday. \"The Sudanese army itself went into action this morning, attacking the Chadian army
  
• East Africa: Six nations call for UN peacekeeping force in Somalia
  2008-06-16 05:08:35 - (SomaliNet) In a bid to end factional fighting that has plagued Somalia since 1991, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, a group of six East African countries, has called for the United Nat
  
• Sudan: Joint force to deploy in Sudan\'s disputed oil-rich region
  2008-06-16 05:07:41 - (SomaliNet) AS part of an effort to end violence which has killed dozens and forced up to 50,000 people from their homes, a joint north-south force will begin deploying on Monday in Sudan\'s disputed o
  
• Eritreans jailed in Egypt fear going home
  2008-06-16 05:01:38 - (SomaliNet) Egypt began mass deportations of detained Eritrean asylum seekers to Eritrean capiatl Asmara this week and plans to forcibly return hundreds more in a move which Amnesty said puts them at
  
• Kenya: Five-day UN sponsored meet set to begin in Nairobi on Monday
  2008-06-16 04:57:09 - (SomaliNet) Five-day United Nations-sponsored meeting to try to develop solutions to ease the escalating food crisis in Africa is set to begin in Nairobi on Monday. A news source said the Africa
  
• Kenyan woman netted in Mauritius with 4kg of cocaine worth $1.8mln
  2008-06-16 04:50:53 - (SomaliNet) A Kenyan woman is being held by police in Mauritius, together with six Tanzanian sportsmen on suspicion of smuggling drugs into the country. Reports say the woman, whose name is bein
  
• Eritrean military action at Djibouti border condemned by UN, U.S.
  2008-06-13 06:31:16 - (SomaliNet) The United Nations Security Council joined the United States on Thursday in calling on the northeast African nation of Eritrea to withdraw its troops from the border with Djibouti after cl
  

Back to News Archive Categories