AU troops attacked in Mogadishu, Islamists take over a police station

Shabelle: SOMALIA
MOGADISHU (Sh. M. Network)—At least one civilian has been killed after Insurgents exploded a convoy of AMISOM troops near Jalle Siad Academy, a base of Burundian troops in Mogadishu, witnesses said on Wednesday.
Residents said fighting erupted between the AU troops and the insurgents after the explosion attack. The civilian was killed when a mortar [...]

EU to disburse 72m-dollar humanitarian aid to Horn of Africa. Another 3m euros (4m dollars) has been allocated to address the needs of vulnerable people in Eritrea.

EU to disburse 72m-dollar humanitarian aid to Horn of Africa
The EastAfrican, Nairobi, 06-01-2009
The European Commission is providing 54m euro (72m dollars) humanitarian aid to vulnerable people in the Horn of Africa – Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya and Uganda. This is in the face of high population growth, natural calamities and man-made conflicts.

No Winner Seen in Somalia’s Battle With Chaos, By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN

New York Times, June 2, 2009,  News Analysis

NAIROBI, Kenya — Somalia is once again a raging battle zone, with jihadists pouring in from overseas, preparing for a final push to topple the transitional government.
The government is begging for help, saying that more peacekeepers, more money and more guns could turn the tide against the Islamist [...]

EPRDF’s idea for the Afar region, THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER N°1261

..the Addis Ababa government is worried by the Afar attacks. The rebels have carried out three operations between 3 and 7 April: the destruction of an Ethiopian armed vehicle on the As’alé road, near a salt mine in the north of the Afar region; a small skirmish in the Terru district in the south; and [...]

Muslims want tangible change on Mideast from Obama, Associated Press Online June 1, 2009 Monday

“There will be a lot of talk, but I seriously want to see something real coming out of this speech, something tangible,” Wasel said, expressing a view shared by an Eritrean social worker in Rome, a retired teacher in Baghdad and a Palestinian mayor in the West Bank.