Ethiopia launches H1N1 vaccine.
Listen Addis Ababa (Alshahid) – Ethipia has Tueaday officially launched H1N1 (influenza) vaccination at the Gandi Memorial Hospital in a bid to control and prevent the virus. Speaking during the occasion, Health State Minister, Kebede Worku said the government of Ethiopia in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO) imported HIN1 vaccination and three million people are [...]
Sudan army attacks rebel positions in Darfur.
Listen Khartoum (Alshahid) – The Sudanese army has launched a fresh military offensive targeted the remaining fighters of the JEM, in North Darfur’s main rebel group, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), state media reported on Tuesday. The Sudanese army spokesman alleged the JEM fighters fled the government military offensive without much resistance. “The remnants [...]
Somalia: Ripe moment for aggressive intervention and progressive mediation
Listen In the next few months Somalia will be sadly entering a world record of twenty years of civil war that is not showing any signs of ending. However, scholars who have spent time studying how conflicts begin and end will agree that warring groups in Somalia have reached a hurting stalemate and are now [...]
Blast hit world cup fans in Uganda.
Listen Suicide bombers killed more than 70 people who had gathered at a rugby club and restaurant to watch the soccer World Cup finals on television. The militant Somali group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attacks, marking the first major international attack it has ever launched. A top spokesman for the group also said further [...]
More than ten people killed in clashes between SPLA and forces of SPLM-DC
Listen Rumbek/Wunrok (Alshahid) – More than ten people have been killed in recent clashes between the forces of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and armed groups said to be allied to the breakaway Sudan People’s Liberation Movement – Democratic Change (SPLM-DC). The SPLA official spokesperson, Major General Kuol Deim Kuol, said his forces on [...]
ONLF rebels to negotiate with Ethiopia government
Listen Godey (Alshahid) – Top officials of Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebel group have said on Wednesday that they are ready to negotiate with the Ethiopian government following a reported cease fire. Hussein Nor, the spokesman of ONLF guerillas said in an interview with Shabelle radio that they were ready for talks with the [...]
Sudan’s Darfur fighting kills 50; wounds 101
Listen Khartoum (Alshahid) – Fighting on Tuesday between government troops and rebels of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) killed 50 people and wounded 101 in Sudan’s Darfur region, an army spokesman said. Sawarmi Khaled Saad said 43 rebels were killed and 90 wounded, while seven soldiers died and 11 were wounded when soldiers attacked [...]
Sudan rebel General denies his soldiers were captured by Government’s SPLA
Listen Juba (Alshahid) – A former senior army general in Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) Gen. George Athor Deng has said none of his soldiers is held by the government forces in Southern Sudan. Gen. Athor, the former SPLA Deputy Chief of General Staff, turned rebel after losing in April elections, denied any of his [...]
Somali President Instructs the Army Chief to Investigate Child Soldier Recruitment Allegations
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) – The Somali President, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, has expressedstrong concern over the recent New York Times report that alleged the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia has recruited child soldiers for its national army. The President stated that, contrary to the New York Times assertions, theSomali government has not and will not knowingly [...]
Uganda soldiers killed in Centr. Africa: army
Listen Kampala (Alshahid) – At least 10 Ugandan soldiers were killed last month while pursuing Lord’s Resistance Army rebels in Central African Republic (CAR), the army spokesman told AFP Tuesday. However, Lieutenant Colonel Felix Kulayigye said an unknown Sudanese militia, not the LRA, was the likely culprit. “It could be more than 10 killed. We [...]