Pressure to silence debate on Palestinian rights will only make it stronger By James J. Zogby Palestinian demonstrators run away from Israeli fire and tear gas during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border fence, in the southern Gaza Strip, on … Continued
ADDIS ABABA, Chinese firm Poly-GCL Petroleum Group Holdings Limited (Poly-GCL) is to construct the 767-km Ethiopia-Djibouti natural gas pipeline, the Ethiopia Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) announced on Saturday. In a press statement, MoMP said Ethiopian and Djiboutian government … Continued
Kenya’s ambassador to Somalia Lt. Gen. Lucas Tumbo. Photo/COURTESY Kenya has recalled its ambassador to Somalia Lt. Gen. Lucas Tumbo after it emerged that oil and gas blocks in disputed territorial areas were auctioned to the United Kingdom. According to Foreign Affairs PS Macharia … Continued
Dusit office complex in Nairobi’s Westlands area was attacked on Tuesday, January 15, 2019. Isn’t it time Kenya established a ministry of Homeland Security charged with, among other functions, protecting citizens from terrorism? PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP … Continued
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Djibouti have signed an agreement to construct a 767km pipeline project linking the two countries. Ethiopia’s Minister of Mines and Petroleum, Dr Samuel Hurcato, and Minister of Energy in Charge of Natural Resources of Djibouti, Mr … Continued
The Oromos are the largest of Ethiopia’s some 80 ethnic groups Ethiopia has said some 1,000 fighters with the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) rebel group have given up arms and entered rehabilitation camps, according to state media. Popular among the … Continued
MOGADISHU, (Xinhua) — The United Nations will next week launch a peace building fund (PBF) worth 30 million U.S. dollars to help support the country’s peace building efforts. The UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) said on Thursday a joint … Continued
By Ben Ehrenreich With all the shouting it was easy to miss, but something new happened in Washington this week. If you can’t see it yet, put yourself back in 2006, when everything about a Somali-American, Muslim congresswoman tweeting a … Continued
“Shaking up Ethiopia’s government risks exacerbating several long-simmering ethnic rivalries” James Jeffrey/IRIN Tigrayans on the streets of Mekelle, the Tigray capital. By James Jeffrey Disagreements over land and resources between the 80 different ethnic groups in Ethiopia have often led … Continued
KUALA LUMPUR: A dark-skinned child with cultural face painting, securely flanked by the women of his tribe, peeked out curiously at the photographer. This was the image captured by Tan Sri Dr Fong Chan Onn which won him the best … Continued
Alex Kotch Following the Ilhan Omar controversy, it’s incredibly important to be able to decipher between real antisemitism and basic political facts Labeling anyone who speaks of Jews and money in the same sentence an anti-Semite weakens our fight against … Continued
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