The Us Navy Seal team that killed Osama bin Laden as well made an Halo (High altitude low opening parachuting) into Somalia in darkness, early Wednesday and crept up to an outdoor camp where an American woman and Danish man were being held hostage. Nine kidnappers were shooted and both hostages were freed. President...
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The European Union Foreign Affairs Council meeting on Monday 23rd agreed to activate the Eu Operations center for the Horn of Africa.It is subject to a Eu Council outcome to be adopted as soon as possible, as the European Council said in a press release. The EU is currently conducting two military operations –...
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According to Somali military officials, the Us spy plane crashed near the port city of Kismayo, as it was helping Kenyan troops monitor the port city. Last month, Kenya dispatched soldiers over its border into Somalia and began air and ground offensives against al-Shabab fighters. Tension has been growing between the Somali government backed...
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Nairobi military aircraft will target and destroy weapons that officials said (November the 2nd) were flown into Somalia on two planes and delivered to Islamist militants, a military official said Wednesday. A United Nation arms monitoring group has witnessed many instances of money, fighters and weapons being given to militants or flown into areas...
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Di Marina Angeloni – Una città contesa dall’esercito governativo e dai ribelli, oggetto di incursioni da parte degli eserciti di due Stati confinanti, terreno di scontro tra milizie irregolari, dichiarata capitale di un nuovo Stato immaginario, centro di riferimento per diverse agenzie umanitarie internazionali, target dei droni americani. Verrebbe da supporre che sia un...
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British and Us special forces have stormed Italian cargo ship Montecristo hijacked by Somali pirates, with 23 people on board in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia. Seven of the crew aboard the Montecristo are Italian according to Italian defence ministry font. The special forces were operating under the Nato counter...
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Pierre Chiartano – The humanitarian crisis in Somalia has reached new heights and the world needs to respond as soon as possible. A prolonged, 20-year civil war, the collapse of order and the worst drought in decades have brought Somalia to the brink of total collapse. But now political interests have to deal to...
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Il Corno d’Africa è devastato dalla siccità e ha bisogno di aiuti internazionali. A lanciare l’appello sono stati i responsabili delle principali organizzazioni internazionali martedì da Roma per la riunione straordinaria della Fao sull’emergenza carestia che ha colpito la regione. A puntare il dito contro «la situazione catastrofica» è stato il padrone di casa,...
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di Nicola Pedde e Vincenzo Palmieri – Due omicidi eccellenti e un accordo sgradito hanno infiammato Mogadiscio. Sequestrato un cargo nordcoreano pieno d’armi diretto in Eritrea. Un difficile negoziato tra Etiopia ed Egitto. Sul futuro di Yemen e Sud Sudan regna l’incertezza. L’instabilità domina nel Corno d’Africa. Continua a leggere questo articolo su Limes.
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di Vincenzo Palmieri – I principali eventi di sicurezza nel Corno d’Africa, nelle prime due settimane di marzo, si sono verificati in Somalia, a Mogadiscio: il 1° marzo lo Shabab – tramite il suo portavoce Sheikh Mukhtar Ali Robow (Abu Mansur) – ha lanciato una campagna di reclutamento per ravvivare la resistenza contro il...
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