For the first time this year, it is expected that the sun will be perpendicular to the Kaaba at 12:18pm on Saturday, the Saudi state agency SPA reported. Eng. Majid Abu Zahra, head of the Astronomical Society in Jeddah, said that at the … Continued
By Andrew Harding AFP/ Local Amhara soldiers and youth militias fear they are being betrayed by the government Ethiopia’s government has launched a crackdown against a powerful and increasingly autonomous regional security force, in a bold, and potentially risky move … Continued
By The EastAfrican Against all odds, Somalia this month pulled off a peaceful transition of power. On May 23, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo handed the presidency over Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the country’s tenth president. With that and a fully constituted legislature, Somalia … Continued
Horo’s announcement came during an official launch event for the first phase of generating electricity from the GERD, which was attended by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and a large number of national and local officials. Horo ruled out delaying the third filling … Continued
Djibouti, “In the blink of an eye, our lives were turned upside down and our dreams shattered.” Tigistou Charo, a 16-year-old Ethiopian migrant, survived a harrowing road accident in Djibouti despite being left to die by the smugglers who had been … Continued
Egypt’s Public Prosecution ordered on Friday the release of a Somali girl pending investigation after police and medical examinations pointed to the plausibility of her argument of self-defence against a rape attempt by slain tuktuk driver. According to the prosecution, … Continued
Having worked as a blacksmith since he was a teenager, Abdihamid Ali Isack, 55, has finally had to shut down his workshop in the southern Somali town of Hudur, as the crippling drought brings thousands of livelihoods to a standstill. … Continued
By CARA ANNA NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – The biggest convoy of aid since Ethiopia´s government declared a unilateral “humanitarian cease-fire” in the country´s long-encircled Tigray region two months ago has departed for Tigray, a U.N. official told The Associated Press, … Continued
Muqdisho (WDN)- Golaha Amaanka ee Qaramada Midoobay15-kiisa xubnood, ayaa si wada jir ah isugu raacey in muddo kordhin lagu sameeyo hawgalka qaramada Midoobey ee lagu taageeraayo Soomaaliya ee UNSOM. Qaraarka cusub ee Golaha Ammaanka kasoo baxay ee tirsigiisu yahay 2632, … Continued
Muqdisho (WDN)- Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud, ayaa kulan uu la qaatey qeyb kamid ah dhalinyarada Soomaaliyeed ku sheegay qorshaha dawladiisa ee horumarinta dhalinyarada iyo abuurista fursado shaqo ay helaan dhalinyarada Soomaaliyeed. Md. Xasan Sheekh ayaa sheegay in … Continued
Kalkidan Yibeltal The security forces in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, have seized the managing director of popular weekly magazine Fitih, his colleagues have told the BBC. Temesgen Dessalegn has been critical of the government and told the BBC last Friday … Continued
Ali Hussein Yussuf’s last attempt at farming his three hectares of land in central Somalia’s south Mudug resulted in the distressing loss of the 25 kilograms he had planted of beans, maize, sesame, and watermelons. All the plants shrivelled up … Continued
