Ethiopia rebels claim to capture gas field
Listen Addis Ababa (Alshahid) — Secessionist rebels in Ethiopia’s Ogaden region said they had captured the Hilala gas field, where Malaysian oil giant Petronas has exploration rights, but the government denied the claim Sunday. The rebels also reiterated that foreign oil companies must keep out of the oil- and gas-rich Ogaden belt, which neighbours lawless [...]
Ethiopia forces commence attacks in northern Somalia after ultimatum
Listen Galka’o (Alshahid) – There is fierce fighting in Northern Somalia between Ethiopia government troops and the armed members of the Northern Somalia Unionist Movement (NSUM) occasioning grave injuries to civilians in Buhodle town of Togder region, witnesses told a local radio Shabelle on Thursday. The wounded civilians are being rushed to the main hospital [...]
Ethiopia to attack northern Somalia militants within 24-hours if weapons not returned
Listen Hargeisa (Alshahid) – The Ethiopian forces on Tuesday have given local elders led by one of the prominent tribal chiefs, Garad Abdullahi Garad Soofe 24 hours’ deadline to return all weapons taken from Ethiopia’s Liyuu police on Saturday when armed militants clashed with the police on patrol. Ethiopian has accused the SSC [Sool, Sanag, [...]
When Somalis were Rendered Stateless*
Listen On October 14th 1977, a young Somali man was arrested by the Kenya Police in what they claimed was an undercover operation. His name was Mohamed Ahmed and he was described as a former Kenya army private from Mandera. His crime was being found with a Somali passport issued to him by the Second [...]
Ethiopia opposition dismisses poll and calls for election rerun
Listen Addis Ababa (Alshahid) – The opposition in Ethiopian on Wednesday called for a rerun of the weekend election claiming the polls were a fraud marred by intimidation and irregularities. An opposition parliamentary hopeful, Hailu Shawel, said Sunday’s vote was controlled by the ruling party and he has written a letter to the electoral board [...]
Ethiopia’s Meles re-elected as EU says poll unfair
Listen Addis Ababa (Alshahid) — Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has clinched another term as the country’s leader after a poll that handed the ruling party People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front(PDF) victory according to provisional results. Tens of thousands of ruling party supporters on Tuesday poured into the streets of Ethiopia’s capital to celebrate victory, while [...]
Ethiopia’s Meles set to easily win the election
Listen Addis Ababa (Alshahid) – As vote counting in all of Ethiopia’s polling stations ends on Monday, a day after legislative polls President Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia has claimed victory amid fraud allegations. “The counting of the votes is already finished and the results are being announced in the polling stations,” electoral commission vice chairman [...]
An opposition activist killed in Ethiopian a head of general election.
Listen Addis Ababa (Alshahid)-According to opposition officials in Ethiopia, one of their activist was shot dead by a gunman on Monday, a day after the ruling party accused the main opposition party; the Forum for Democracy and Dialogue (Medrek) of being behind the killing of a police officer. “Our activist Girma Kabe was killed from [...]
Somalia government gives member of group fighting Alshabab top military post
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) – A Pro-government Islamist group official Abdelkarim Yusuf Adan has been appointed the deputy Somali military commander by Somali President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed on Thursday as part of the power-sharing arrangement between the two. The moderate Sufi Islamist movement of Ahlu Sunnah Waljama (ASJ) group which recently signed a power sharing [...]
Ethiopia captures 10 militants purportedly sent by Eritrea to spoil coming elections
Listen Addis Ababa (Alshahid) – The emerging counter accusations between Ethiopia and Eritrea have continued with Addis on Monday saying that it had arrested 10 militants allegedly sent by Eritrea to disrupt the forthcoming general elections in Ethiopia. Ethiopia’s Minister of Information Bereket Simon while making the announcement claimed that the 10 terrorists were Al [...]