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
MOGADISHU, The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has trained 198 Somali police officers to help step up security for the HirShabelle state. The AU mission said on Friday the police officers are the first batch of 800 new police … 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
Inflorescence branch and flowers of Aloe sanguinalis and sap as it develops to the rich dark red color, which gave the name of the new species. Credit: Barkworth M, et al. Aloe sanguinalis, or Somali Red Aloe, forms large, conspicuous clumps and … 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
SEOUL, Republic of Korea- Sunhak Peace Prize Laureate Akinwumi Adesina has pledged to do more to advance Africa’s fight against hunger, poverty and youth underemployment. The President of the African Development Bank, and co-Laureate Waris Dirie, a global champion against … Continued
LONDON – Somalia is inviting bids for 15 blocks across various basins under the country’s 2019 offshore licensing round. Delegates from the country’s Federal Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources outlined the terms in London last week at an event … Continued
A new species of puddle frog (female Phrynobatrachus bibita sp. nov.) from an unexplored mountain in southwestern Ethiopia. Credit: NYU Abu Dhabi researchers S. Goutte and J. Reyes-Velasco. In summer 2018, NYU Abu Dhabi Postdoctoral Associates Sandra Goutte and Jacobo Reyes-Velasco … Continued
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