By EDWIN MUTAI The Indian Ocean, Lake Victoria and Lake Turkana have been identified as top contenders for hosting the first nuclear power plant that Kenya plans to build in the next 8-10 years. The Nuclear Power and Energy Agency (NuPEA) said it has contracted a Chinese firm- China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC)- determine the...
June 10, 2025
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Ethiopian city braces for protests as activists promise to declare new region
Kumerra Gemechu HAWASSA, Ethiopia (Reuters) – Activists in Ethiopia were set to declare a new region for their Sidama ethnic group on Thursday in defiance of the central government, with some residents of the southern city of Hawassa worried that it could lead to violence. The declaration will be a litmus test of whether Prime...
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“We’re Workers, Not Robots”
By Dave Kamper The Amazon workers who went on strike yesterday took on the world’s richest man and one of the world’s most powerful corporations. They’re heroes, plain and simple. Mohamed Hassan looks like everyone’s favorite uncle at a family picnic. He has a stylish goatee with some frost to it. If he told you...
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Somali man granted asylum: ‘I’m feeling like somebody who came back to life again’
Hannan Adely From the second-floor balcony at the Motel 6, Malyuun Mahamed saw her husband emerge from a car as a free man for the first time in nearly two years. She ran down the stairs and into the parking lot, smiling wide with arms outstretched. There, Abdikadir Mohamed hugged her tightly, buried his head...
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Drought bites Wajir, Governor Abdi asks government for help
By Stephen Astariko A prolonged dry spell has ravaged Wajir in the last three months with fears of adverse effects on both residents and their livestock. The Kenya Meteorological Department in early March predicted a below-normal rainfall for the March to May season. In some subcounties, no rain was recorded. The situation is so bad...
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Minnesotans inspired by Somali-Canadian journalist killed in terrorist attack
Somali-Canadian activist went back to broadcast “the other side of Somalia.” By Maya Rao Fadumo Ali believed that Somali-Canadian journalist and activist Hodan Nalayeh had a message of hope and empowerment for women. She had followed all of Nalayeh’s dispatches about Somalia on TV and social media, and drew inspiration from her frequent hashtag NaagIskaDhig...
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Chinese citizen killed in robbery in Ethiopia
At least one Chinese citizen was killed and another one injured when six attackers robbed seven Chinese in an industrial park in Ethiopia’s Oromiyaa on Sunday, according to the Chinese embassy in Ethiopia. The incident occurred at 6:30 p.m. local time. An investigation is underway. After the incident, the Chinese embassy immediately contacted Ethiopian authorities,...
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3 Al-Shabaab terrorists killed in foiled IED attack on border patrol police
NAIROBI, Kenya, Police have killed three suspected terrorists following an Improvised Explosives Device (IED) attack on a road along the Kiunga-Somalia border within Lamu. Two police officers on patrol in the area were injured after the explosive device planted by the terrorists in the area detonated on Monday. Witnesses said the militants hid in the...
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The US is quietly waging war in Somalia — and Trump has made it worse
After all, the militant groups Al-Shabaab and the Islamic State in Somalia (ISS) pose no threat to the US. They’re actually fighting each other. But apparently the president hasn’t grasped that Jerrod A Laber Only two civilians have been killed or injured in the entirety of the US’s bombing campaign of Somalia — that is, according...
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Ethiopia premier’s aide named to lead restive Amhara region
Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s Amhara Democratic Party (ADP) named the security adviser to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as head of the restive Amhara region on Monday after his predecessor was killed in a violent attempt to seize power there. Dozens were killed in fighting during the foiled coup by a rogue state...