Strategic Thinking on East Africa

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The head of the U.S. military’s Africa Command, on a visit to Uganda, on Wednesday awarded the U.S. Legion of Merit to six Ugandan military officers, including the country’s top military commander, according to the U.S. Embassy in Uganda. Gen. David M. Rodriguez bestowed the awards, including to Uganda’s top commander, […]

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Ugandan soldiers. Photo: File Kampala/Juba, September 29, 2015 (SSNA) - Ugandan military Spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Paddy Ankunda said Kampala is not preparing to pull its troops out of south Sudan, citing lack of military withdrawal request from South Sudanese government. The recently signed power sharing deal stipulates that all foreign forces must leave South Sudan within […]

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From the Djiboutian Hundreds of British troops are to be deployed to East Africa to help counter Islamist extremists and help UN peacekeepers, David Cameron announced last night. A group of 70 Armed Forces personnel will go to Somalia, where African Union forces are fighting jihadis from Al-Shabaab. A second force of up to 300 […]

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By Clinton McDubus - Ethiopia is set to manufacture automobiles as well as some military hardware, the head of the Ethiopian Power Engineering Industry (EPEI) has said. This is according to the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation. EPEI General Manager, Major Assefa Yohannes, said that production would begin within two months. EPEI is part of the state-owned Metals and […]

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Addis Ababa, 25 September, 2015(WIC) - At least 20 al Shabaab militias have been killed by Amisom and Somalia National Army troops in Hiraan, central Somalia. Amisom said this happened after al Shabaab fighters launched a guerilla assault on Amisom and SNA bases in two villages a few kilometres from Baladweyne. Several other fighters were injured.“Despite […]

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From Foreign Policy by Paul D. Williams Two recent attacks by al-Shabaab forces against forward operating bases of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in Leego and Janaale have brought renewed attention to the issue of AMISOM’s fatalities. In the most recent attack on the Ugandan base at Janaale, al-Shabaab claimed it had killed “more than 50 […]

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Al shabaab militants have fired mortar rounds at a military base belonging to the African Union peacekeeping troops in Somalia (AMISOM), the 2nd barrage in two months, residents said. A resident who asked not be named, has told Radio Shabelle that militants with Al shabaab group attacked the AMISOM base with heavy mortar bombs last […]

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From the Institute for Security Studies Peace & Security Council Report In this issue On the Agenda Kenya has briefed the PSC on its plans to either close or relocate Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee camp. Kenya argues that Dadaab is a hotbed of al-Shabaab activity. Situation Analysis The PSC recently returned from a field mission […]

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Al-Shabaab has changed its tactics. AMISOM must do so too Posted on September 9, 2015 by AfricanArgumentsEditor In Somalia, holding the towns is not the key to the countryside. Holding the countryside is the key to the towns. When al-Shabaab’s elusive leader Ahmed Abdi Godane was killed in a US air strike in Sablale on […]

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Addis Ababa, 8 September, 2015(WIC)-A team from the African Union (AU) is in the country to conduct consultations on the establishment of the African Union Human Rights Memorial (AUHRM), which is spearheaded by Rwanda and Ethiopia. The meeting, that was facilitated by AU’s Director of Political Affairs, Dr Khabele Matlosa, sought to adopt a concept […]

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