Sudan's Military kills 'Dozens' of Ethiopian Soldiers, Captures Others

Sunatimes.com - Sudan's army regained control of an Ethiopian settlement inside the Sudanese border following clashes with Ethiopian forces and militias in Al-Fasha Al-Saghra on Thursday, which resulted in casualties on both sides. Military sources told the Sudan Tribune website that the army managed…

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Al-Shabaab to Issue Report Card of Somalia's President as Term Ends

Sunatimes.com - The Al-Qaeda-linked militant group Al-Shabaab said on Wednesday that it will release a report card of Somalia's incumbent president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, whose four year term expires next week.

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Somalia: No preconditions

Sunatimes.com - Somalis in very region are thankful for the International Community in their relentless effort of bringing about this important meeting between President Farmaajo and the Federal State leaders. The meeting is an outcome of their shuttled diplomacy and hardworking after long standing…

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Somalia: Call For National Conference

Sunatimes.com - The participants of Dusamareb 4 cannot and will not agree the objective of this meeting. The objective of the meeting is to come up ideas and action plan on how to hold free and fair election in this country. No body on his own can dictate or force others his point of view. If that is…

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Somalia faces troubled national election as time runs out

Sunatimes.com - As Somalia marks three decades since a dictator fell and chaos engulfed the country the government is set to hold a troubled national election. Or is it?

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Farmaajo calls for meeting with federal states over poll stalemate

Sunatimes.com - Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has called for an urgent meeting with federal state leaders in the latest attempt to agree on a common electoral calendar.

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The U.S. Should Sanction Somalia's President for Human Trafficking

Sunatimes.com - The parents began gathering in Mogadishu's streets on Jan. 20. Soon, reports began trickling in about similar protests in other towns and cities across the country. The spark was an acknowledgment made by Abdisalan Yusuf Guled, the former deputy head of Somalia's National Intelligence…

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Fugitive President of Ethiopia's Tigray Vows 'Extended Resistance'

Sunatimes.com - Ethiopia's Tigray forces are committed to "extended resistance", according to an audio message purporting to be from its leader, who accused federal government troops and their allies of rape and looting.

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Ethiopia: Invincible Defense Tech is an Effective Strategy to Combat Ethnic Tensions

Sunatimes.com - Military experts recommend the brain-based technology called Invincible Defense Technology (IDT) which incorporates practices of non-religious Transcendental Meditation® (TM®) to quell violence and bring about peace in the Horn of Africa Country,

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Ethiopia: a proposal for ending violence

An Effective National Strategy to Combat Ethnic Tensions in Ethiopia By Arlene J. Schar and Dr. David Leffler Sunatimes.com -While the ongoing Tigray conflict continues to be fueled by high ethnic tensions, there is available an ideal method to calm tensions, end the prolonged violence, and prevent…

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Qatar issues statement on case of young Somalis tricked into fighting in Eritrea

Sunatimes.com - Anger as several young Somali men who had been told they'd been offered jobs as security men in Qatar only to be sent to fight in a war in Eritrea. Doha demands an investigation. A Somali man who's family though was working as a security guard in Qatar was found dead in Eritrea,…

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Somalia: The Great military Chief

Sunatimes.com - For the last thirty years many people were killed in the Somali violence. Fathers, mothers, grand fathers, grand mothers and children as little as infants were lost needlessly. In the Islamic and Somali cultures, it is forbidden to harm or kill women, children, religious leaders and…

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Anger in Somalia as sons secretly sent to serve in Eritrea military force

Sunatimes.com - Ali Jamac Dhoodi thought his son was working as a security guard in Qatar, helping prepare for next year's soccer World Cup. Then one day last April, officials from Somalia's National Intelligence Agency arrived with $10,000 in cash. They told him his son had died - not in Qatar,…

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Qatar market 'greatly welcomes' Somali products, says chamber official

Sunatimes.com - Officials from Qatar Chamber and Somalia's Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs held a meeting yesterday in Doha to discuss ways to enhance economic and commercial relations.

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Somalia and UK Agree to Boost Cooperation in the War on Terror

Sunatimes.com - UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace met with Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo following a visit to the capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, just two weeks before the Somali incumbent leader's term expires.

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Somalia's Govt says Jubaland and Puntland's Appointment of Electoral Boards Unlawful

Sunatimes.com - Somalia's federal government said the appointment of regional electoral commissions by Jubaland and Puntland leaders was unlawful, hours after the two federal member states announced lists of their electoral committees. In a statement, Somali Ministry of the Interior accused the…

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Don't drag us into your politics, Kenya tells Somali leaders

Sunatimes.com - Kenya has called on Somali leaders to stop dragging it into their domestic affairs and instead concentrate on building their nation.

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Ethiopia Tigray Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 69

Sunatimes.com - Europe External Programme with Africa is a Belgium-based Centre of Expertise with in-depth knowledge, publications, and networks, specialised in issues of peace building, refugee protection and resilience in the Horn of Africa. EEPA has published extensively on issues related to movement…

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Somalia:Man arrested in the brutal rape and murder of a young girl in Mogadishu

Sunatimes.com - Police in Mogadishu have arrested a man on Thursday suspected of a young girl's rape and murder. The spokesperson for the local police force, Sadiq Aden Doodishe, told reporters that Bashir Mohamed Qasim has been apprehended and will stand trial.

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Forced adoption case against Norway hits European Court of Human Rights

Sunatimes.com - The European Court of Human Rights heard arguments Wednesday over whether Norway violated the religious rights of a Muslim woman whose child was forcibly adopted by Christians. During a remote hearing before the ECHR, lawyers for Mariya Ibrahim argued the country not only violated her…

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