Showdown In Mogadishu (Strategy Page)

February 9, 2010: The Transitional Government now has the upper hand in Mogadishu, and is attempting to drive al Shabaab gunmen from city. The government has been able to do this because of the several thousand soldiers trained in Djibouti, Burundi and Kenya.

Twin brother of The Prodigals band member died in Haiti earthquake (The Tampa Tribune)

Among those who perished in Haiti's earthquake last month was Andrew Grene, a United Nations political affairs officer whose accomplishments were all the more remarkable considering his age, 44. Fans of The Prodigals, the Celtic-rock band which has played Tampa frequently over the past decade, may be more familiar with Andrew's twin brother, Gregory, the group's accordion player and one of its ...

Pilot Street helps refugees, gives families new hope (Collegiate Times)

One of my greatest experiences while being at Virginia Tech happened one day when I joined a friend to volunteer for the Pilot Street Project in Roanoke. She rented a van and we took four young children to see “The Princess and the Frog.” So? You might wonder, “What was so special about that?”

On Zuma's way to the Forum (AllAfrica.com)

On his way to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, South African President Jacob Zuma (whose ascendancy in the governing African National Congress Libya has strongly supported) stopped over in Tripoli on 25 January to persuade Gadaffi to drop his bid.

Homesick urban refugees use the internet to integrate and keep in touch (AlertNet)

Source: UNHCR It's a long way from home for African refugees and asylum-seekers in Brazil. But the internet helps them keep in touch with family, make friends and integrate.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS KARIN LANDGREN (SWEDEN) AS HIS REPRESENTATIVE IN NEPAL (United Nations)

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Karin Landgren of Sweden as his Representative in Nepal and Head of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN).

Marriage of convenience (AllAfrica.com)

It is a marriage dictated by the fast changing fortunes of the East African and Horn of Africa regions. Kenya has long dominated the region economically, but its political stability was shaken by a disputed presidential election in 2007.

Swiss ban arms sales to Eritrea (EARTHtimes.org)

Geneva - Switzerland adopted sanctions on Eritrea Wednesday, effectively banning the sale of arms to nation in the Horn of Africa. The move, to take effect on February 4, was in line with a United Nations Security Council decision last December, whic...

Joint Force Core Staff Taking Reins of Combined Task Force (Defence Professionals)

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti | A new core staff for Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CHTF-HOA), made up of mostly Navy individual augmentees, began transitioning headquarters' responsibiliti...

American Indian art at Santa Rosa museum (San Francisco Chronicle)

When most people think of museums in Santa Rosa, they think of the Charles M. Schulz Museum, the Pacific Coast Air Museum and the Sonoma County Museum. Another that should be on that list: the renovated Santa Rosa Junior College Museum. The free museum,...