Author Archives: Abdulaziz Billow Ali

Landslide victory for Kagame in the face of grenade attack

August 12, 2010 no comments

Paul Kagame has won a second term in office after garnering a whopping 93 percent of the vote in the Rwandan Presidential election by a land slide majority. The elections took place on August 9th ami...

Kampala bombings suspects extradited from Kenya

August 9, 2010 no comments

Three Kenyan nationals arrested in Mombasa over the July 11th twin bombings have been extradited according to a police source. The suspects who had been arrested in the Kenyan coastal town of Mombasa...

Kenya set to hold historic referendum on new constitution

August 1, 2010 no comments

Tension remains high in Kenya ahead of the 4th August referendum polls for or against the proposed draft constitution. There are two rival factions the Reds who are strongly opposed to the draft cons...

17 die in Kenya after consuming illicit brew

July 27, 2010 no comments

17 people have been confirmed dead at Kibera slums in Nairobi on Monday after they consumed what was thought to be illicit brew laced with an unknown industrial chemical, police sources said. Eight o...

Burundian Journalist arrested over provocative article

July 21, 2010 1 comment

Burundi security officials have arrested a journalist over an inflammatory article he wrote doubting the country’s security capability and readiness in case of an attack. Jean Claude Kavumbagu who ru...

LRA Massacre Exposed in the DRC

March 29, 2010 no comments

The international human rights group and the United Nations investigations have unconfined a report on Sunday about the massacre that claimed the lives of many and seriously injured others in the Dem...

Kenyan Governmnet Declines to Accept Somali Pirates

March 26, 2010 no comments

The government of Kenya has declined to accept three Somali pirates and one corpse that were handed over to them by Italian warship. Kenya argued that its prison and judicial system were overwhelmed ...

Three More Terror Suspects Arrested in Kenya

March 26, 2010 no comments

Kenyan security forces have on Thursday arrested three suspected terrorist in the capital Nairobi. Sources say that the suspects were seen in Nairobi and were planning on going to Mogadishu. “The thr...

Repression on the Rise in Ethiopia Ahead of General Elections

March 24, 2010 no comments

The human rights watch group has today released a report about Ethiopia just barely two months to the first parliamentary general elections since 2005. The 59 page report titled ‘One hundred ways of ...

Al-Shabaab Commander Gunned Down at Close Range in Somalia

March 21, 2010 1 comment

A senior top Al-Shabaab commander was gunned down at close range at Somalia’s southern port of Kismayo on Saturday the 19th, sources say. Reports say that Sheikh Daud Ali Hassan was reportedly shot s...

Eritrea Denies Supporting Militant Groups in Somalia

March 18, 2010 10 comments

The government of Eritrea has quickly reacted to criticism from the United Nations that it is assisting the Somali militant group of Al-Shabbab and other insurgent groups that has been opposed to the...

More Than 50 People Killed in Somalia Fighting

March 12, 2010 1 comment

Heavy fighting continued to rock Somalia capital of Mogadishu for the third day running, the fighting is between the Somalia insurgent group of Al-Shabab and the transitional federal government troop...

E.U. to Train 2,000 Somali Troops

February 13, 2010 no comments

The European Union will start training 2000 Somali troops in Uganda in May, a senior French army official said on Friday. Brigadier General Thierry Caspar-Fille-Lambie of the Djibouti based French fo...

Taiwanese Fishing Trawler Freed by Somali Pirates

February 11, 2010 no comments

Somali pirates have on Thursday released a Taiwanese fishing trawler with its 12 crew members after the owners paid an estimated 220,000 US dollars, sources say. Ching Feng 168 with its Taiwanese cap...

Somali Pirates Free UK-Owned Wheat Bulk Ship

February 10, 2010 no comments

Somali pirates have on Wednesday released a UK-Owned Wheat Bulk Ship after it was seized on 22nd October 2009. A multi million ransom was said to have been paid according to a marine biologist from t...

Focus on Eritrea as Somalia and Ethiopia Appeal for Action

February 5, 2010 18 comments

African leaders have condemned Eritrea for what they termed as “unfolding destabilizing nature” in the East African region. African Union leaders in their final day in Addis Ababa, said t...