Nairobi (Alshahid) -Abdalla Al Fazul has taken charge of the ragtag Alshabab army after the dramatic killing of Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, who previously led the group.
The man believed to have masterminded the 1998 terrorist attacks on US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam is believed to have taken over the leadership of Alshabab [...]
Nairobi (Alshahid) – Leaders from Inter Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) member states on Tuesday urged parties to the Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement to remain committed to the implementation of outstanding issues in the agreement.
The IGAD leaders asked the parties to the CPA to particularly move towards completing the North-South Abyei border demarcation, redeployment of [...]
Kampala (Alshahid) -President Museveni said on Monday that it is time for the government to tarmac the road leading to his home town-in Kiruhura District and give him a share of the “national cake”.
“I have prioritized and worked on different roads in the country,” President Museveni said, “I am now tired of dust and will [...]
Nairobi (Alshahid) -The Ministerial Council of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has met in Nairobi to prepare for the coming 14th summit of IGAD member states, scheduled to begin Tuesday at Kenyan capital’s Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC).
The Sudanese government delegation was headed by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Mutrif [...]
Kampala (Alshahid) — The death toll in a landslide on Monday night in a hilly area in eastern Uganda has risen to 80, the local Red Cross reported on Wednesday.
More people are feared dead as hundreds of others were reported missing after a mudslide covering an area of 200 meters came down and buried three [...]
Addis Ababa (Alshahid) – Members of the security council of African Union who held a meeting at the AU headquarters Addis Ababa has today agreed upon a proposal by the Ugandan government which demanded an immediate land and sea embargo on territories under the control of Islamist militias in Somalia.
In a press statement released today, [...]
Khartoum (Alshahid) – Ethiopian Ambassador to the Sudan Ali Abdi Suleiman appreciated Sudanese Ethiopian relations, saying “my government has a firm stance and strategic relations between the two countries.”
He added that relations between Ethiopia and Sudan are considered as unique in Africa, explaining that the relations between Sudan and Ethiopia under the wisdom of the [...]
Doha (Alshahid) – The Sudanese government and with Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) the most powerful rebel group in Darfur have on Tuesday night signed a ceasefire which followed a year of internationally brokered negotiations and is intended to lead to a formal peace deal.
The president, Omar al-Bashir, and Khalil Ibrahim, leader of the Justice [...]
Sana’a (Alshahid) – The Interior Ministry said it ordered the Coastguard and security authorities in the coastal provinces to close main waterways in front of African sneakers into Yemeni lands from the Horn of Africa, the state run almoatmer.ner has reported.
This measure comes within the framework of the Yemen efforts to ban terrorist elements in [...]
Khartoum (Alshahid) – Sudanese government and a key armed rebel group in Sudan’s western region of Darfur has announced a breakthrough in talks with the central government.
Sudanese Presidential adviser in charge of Darfur dossier said today they agreed with the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) on March 15 as deadline for the signing of [...]
