Sarkozy gives Guelleh his benediction

01/30/2010, Indian Ocean Newsletter
DJIBOUTI    
French President Nicolas Sarkozy finally took up the two-year old invitation from his Djibouti counterpart President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (IOG) to visit his country. The visit was indeed lightning, at 11 pm on 19 January when the aircraft taking Sarkozy to Paris on his way back from Mayotte and Reunion Island stopped for fuel. The Djibouti President came away a happy man from this nocturnal meeting.

The Islamist threat is back in Kenya

  A decade after the terrorist attacks on Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, Kenya and its US ally have once again come up against the threat from Islamist extremists.

Ethiopia commits genocide and Eritrea gets sanctioned

Analysis
By Thomas C. Mountain
Online Journal Contributing Writer

Jan 20, 2010, 00:27

ASMARA, Eritrea — The UN inSecurity Council has done it again in the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia has been committing genocide in the Ethiopian Ogaden and in response the UN Security Council, in a closed door meeting, passed sanctions against . . . Eritrea?

Religious Violence in Nigerian City Spread

Gilbert da Costa | Abuja 20 January 2010
A local market destroyed in recent violence at Jos, Nigeria, 12 Jan 2010
Photo: AP

A local market destroyed in recent violence at Jos, Nigeria, 12 Jan 2010

Residents of Nigeria’s city of Jos say attacks are continuing for a fourth day in parts of the state previously unaffected despite the imposition of a 24-hour curfew and the deployment of soldiers.

Portraying Unrealistic Image through Exaggerated Expectations Is Not The Eritrean Government’s Political Culture: President Isaias

Asmara, 21 October 2009- In an interview he conducted with Reuters News Agency here today, President Isaias Afwerki underscored that it is not in the Eritrean government’s political culture to portray unrealistic image through exaggerated expectations. “Hence, we don’t want to give invented promises regarding gold and other mining ventures,” he elaborated.
In the interview focusing on diverse domestic, regional and international issues, the President pointed out that had the endowment of abundant natural resources and the income derived thereof been the crucial factor, the world would not have witnessed the prevailing dire poverty in the resource-rich African countries. He further stressed that the decisive factor is the effective and efficient utilization of available