The mob took away Adacha’s son. ‘I don’t know if he’s dead or alive,’ she says Askale Adacha, a 63-year-old living what she calls a “hand-to-mouth” life weaving clothes in the Ashewa Meda suburb of Ethiopia´s capital, lost what little she had. It began last Thursday when her neighbourhood filled with men carrying machetes and...
November 14, 2026
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Musuqmaasuqa iyo Siyaasadda Buntland
W/Q Liibaan Axmad Sanadkii 1983-kii shirkadda Saarberg-Interplan ayaa mashruuc biyo-ballaarrin ka hirgelisay Muqdisho. Tuubbooyin waaweyn bay Jidka Soddonka soo dhigtay, si waddada qayb ka mid ah loo qodo. Marnaba hawshaasi may saamaynin socodka babuurta. Faa’iidadii laga helay mashruuca waxay ahayd: Muqdisho ayaa xal u heshay biyo-yaraantii; wuxuu kale oo mashruucu fududeeyay in dadku biyo...
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Facebook adds 24 new languages to its automated translation service
BY KHARI JOHNSON, VB Facebook has used artificial intelligence to improve its machine translation models, allowing the social media giant to recognize and translate 24 new languages. The new language translation pairs include Serbian and Belarusian to English in Europe; Zulu and Somali to English in Africa; and Cambodian and Mongolian to English in Asia....
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Two opposition lawmakers elected in Rwanda for the first time
Founder and chairman of Democratic Green Party of Rwanda Frank Habineza, speaks during a Reuters interview in Kigali, Rwanda September 5, 2018. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana KIGALI (Reuters) – Opposition candidates have won seats in the Rwandan parliament for the first time, election results showed on Wednesday, although the two new lawmakers will be heavily outnumbered by...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping told African leaders on Monday that China’s investments on the continent have “no political strings attached”
France 24 Xi spoke before the start of a two-day China-Africa summit that is expected to focus on his cherished Belt and Road initiative, a global trade infrastructure programme. The massive scheme is aimed at improving Chinese access to foreign markets and resources, and boosting Beijing’s influence abroad. It has already seen China loan billions of dollars...
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Eyes On Uhuru At China-Africa Summit Just Days After U.S. Tour
By Macharia Gaitho, President Uhuru Kenyatta will find Chinese officials keenly studying his every move as he lands in Beijing for the Heads of State Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) just days after meeting US President Donald Trump in the US capital. It has already been confirmed by the Chinese Ambassador in...
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Lul Kulmiye: A Woman of Vision and Action
By Hassan M Abukar When Lul “Araweelo” Kulmiye was a child, she had big dreams. “I will work with a pen and notebook in my hand,” she recalled saying. Recently, when she found herself standing in a Norwegian court interpreting for Somalis, she realized that her dream has become reality. “Wow!” she gasped. “It never...
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Ethnic unrest tarnishes new Ethiopian leader’s reforms
Aaron Maasho A family sits inside their shelter within a camp for the internally displaced people in Chelelektu town of Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region in Ethiopia, August 15, 2018. Picture taken August 15, 2018. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri CHELELEKTU, Ethiopia (Reuters) – Shiburu Kutuyu, a 45-year-old Ethiopian maize and coffee farmer, was jolted awake by...
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Somalia’s first FGM prosecution ‘hampered’ by victim’s parents
By Emma Batha Fadumo Cusman , mother of Deeqa Nuur, a 10-year-old Somali girl who died from FGM, is pictured (left) with anti FGM campaigner Ifrah Ahmed while filming a documentary in Lasoley, central Somalia, August 11, 2018. Photo by Nuur Mohamed Bare. Ifrah Foundation/Global Media Campaign to End FGM LONDON, Somalia’s first prosecution for female...
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US Delegation Visits Ethiopia to Discuss Reforms, Human Rights
FILE – Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks in Washington, July 28, 2018. Sora Halake A U.S. delegation is heading to Ethiopia on Wednesday to talk about the country’s reform efforts since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took office in April. Republican Congressman Christopher Smith, who led the congressional delegation, said he “is cautiously optimistic” about...