BY BILAL DERSO Hassan Abdillahi Waberi ADDIS ABABA- Representative of the Djibouti Ports and Free Zones Authority Hassan Abdillahi Waberi said that Djibouti has sufficient capacity to handle Ethiopia’s import-export shipment and provide seamless service for the existing traffic. In an exclusive interview with The Ethiopian Herald, the representative stated that Djibouti ports have the...
A man holds an Oromo Liberation Front flag as people in Addis Ababa celebrate the triumphant return of Oromo activist Jawar Mohammed. Photograph: Tiksa Negeri/Reuters Tom Gardner Two years ago, the state branded him a terrorist. Now, after years in exile, activist Jawar Mohammed is back – and determined to see democracy in his country...
In this Aug. 16, 2018 photo, Democrat Ilhan Omar, the nation’s first Somali-American legislator (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen) MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The past 10 weeks have been a whirl for Ilhan Omar, who suddenly went from being famous for becoming the country’s first Somali-American state legislator to being a likely shoo-in for the first Somali-American congresswoman....
FILE – In this file photo dated Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016, Silver medal Ethiopia’s Feyisa Lilesa, “(AP Photo/Luca Bruno, FILE) ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) – An Ethiopian marathon runner who went into exile after protesting against oppression in his country while winning a silver medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics has been asked...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Decisions by three Minnesota Democrats to leave Congress sparked rowdy primary fights Tuesday for their open seats, with two districts shaping up as high-intensity November battlegrounds and a Somali-American legislator hoping to make history in the third. State Rep. Ilhan Omar was among a handful of Democrats vying in the primary for...
Re: Torture and other human rights abuses in “Jail Ogaden,” Ethiopia, Somali Regional State Dear Honorable Commissioner Manuela, We are writing to you from Human Rights Watch to share with you the findings of our most recent report on Ethiopia, “We are Like the Dead’: Torture and other Human Rights Abuses in Jail Ogaden, Somali...
Dr. Abdullahi Y. Musse We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity but in love with humanity – Dr. Martin Luther King Two decades after its founding, Puntland is no longer a shining example. Under the political leadership of the current incumbent, President Abdiweli Gaas,...
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada must do a better job of communicating that asylum seekers are not a threat to the country, the parliamentarian charged with dealing with the refugee influx told Reuters. The comments by Bill Blair are a tacit admission by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government that it has fumbled its message on...
By Faisal Roble To: HE Abdi Mohamed Omar (President of the Somali Regional State) HE Mohamed Rashiid Isaaq, Speaker of the Parliament, Somali Regional State HE Abdirahman Maadey, Secretary-General, ONLF Somali Elders, Intellectuals, and Diaspora Groups The specter of political deterioration, erosion of legitimacy...
By Nita Bhalla NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Foreign donors must come forward to support Ethiopia and Eritrea after the long-time arch rivals ended a war which spanned two decades and hampered efforts to improve the lives of millions of people, a top United Nations official said on Monday. Ahunna Eziakonwa, head of the U.N....