ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia postponed by a week a referendum on self-determination for its ethnic Sidama community that would have created the country’s 10th autonomous region, Fana news agency reported on Tuesday. The new date for the vote is … Continued
Conservationists warn more than 300 cheetah cubs captured from the wild each year in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia. Fewer than 7,500 remain globally By Caroline Chebet Global conservation networks have raised the alarm over the intensifying smuggling of cheetahs trafficked … Continued
Nizar Manek Ethiopia’s central bank is confident the country will receive a further $1 billion from the World Bank over the next fiscal year after the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced a new, three-year economic program. The Washington-based … Continued
Congresswoman’s high profile, Trump’s attacks help her raise $1.1 million. By Torey Van Oot Minnesota U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s re-election campaign raised more than $1.1 million over the past three months, her largest quarterly fundraising haul to date as she has … Continued
The raid in Katsina, the northwestern home state of President Muhammadu Buhari, came less than a month after about 300 men and boys were freed from another supposed Islamic school in neighboring Kaduna state where they were allegedly tortured and … Continued
Eritrea has often been described as one of the most repressive states in Africa, where people lack basic political and religious freedoms. This is not surprising as it has been a one-party state ruled by President Isaias Afwerki since it … Continued
Somalia’s journalism faculty is home to classes of undergraduates, but a new programme targets working journalists – much needed in a country where generations of journalist have received no formal education “I hope I will get useful knowledge from this … Continued
Reality Check What has Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed achieved for him to be awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize? The Nobel committee said he had been chosen for his role in resolving the border conflict with Eritrea, and promoting … Continued
By IBRAHIM ORUKO National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale has asked Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo to forge unity of purpose and put the interest of the Somali people above personal interest. Mr Duale further challenged the leader to begin … Continued
Amy Tennery Kenyan Brigid Kosgei broke Paula Radcliffe’s 16-year-old women’s marathon world record but former Alberto Salazar coached athletes, including Mo Farah, were never a factor in the Chicago Marathon on Sunday. The 25-year-old Kosgei set a blistering pace from … Continued
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – At least three mortars were fired at Mogadishu’s international airport on Sunday, injuring six people, a diplomatic source said. The airport serves also as compound for several embassies as well as the United Nations and African Union … Continued
Somali-Minnesotans, GOP hear different messages in Trump’s rally. By Faiza Mahamud and Jessie Van Berkel Abubakar Abdi skipped his usual after-work stop to visit friends at the local Somali mall on Thursday, heading to his Minneapolis home instead to catch President Donald Trump’s … Continued
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