Addis Ababa – Ethiopia’s ruling coalition will meet to choose a new prime minister next week, a party official said on Saturday. Hailemariam Desalegn resigned as prime minister last week after ordering a mass prisoner amnesty and days of protest in Africa’s second most-populous country. A state of emergency was declared the following day. The...
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Ethiopia Needs ‘Fresh Forces’ to Deal With Upheaval, Party Leader Says
Nizar Manek Hailemariam Desalegn Photographer: Carl Court/Getty Ethiopia’s ruling party needs “fresh forces” in its leadership to tackle political upheaval and achieve its economic goals after Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn’s shock resignation last week, a leader of his party said. Hailemariam, 52, announced Feb. 15 he’s stepping down after an internal evaluation of the South...
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Al-Shabaab steps up extortion and indoctrination as morale dips
By Jason Burke, Africa corresponden, Al Shabab militants in Somalia are extorting huge sums from starving communities and forcibly recruiting hundreds of children as soldiers and suicide bombers as the terror group endures financial pressures and an apparent crisis of morale. Intelligence documents, transcripts of interrogations with recent defectors and interviews conducted by the Guardian with...
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Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Ritz ‘luxury prison’ reopens after graft crackdown
© FAYEZ NURELDINE / AFP | A picture taken on February 11, 2018, shows the main entrance of the Ritz-Carlton hotel in the Saudi capital Riyadh following its reopening for business. Riyadh’s Ritz-Carlton welcomed back guests with Arabic coffee and dates Sunday, as it reopened for business more than three months after becoming a gilded...
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Ethiopian Airlines, ASKY and Guinea Airlines sign strategic partnership agreement
Ethiopian Airlines announced that it has signed an Agreement with Guinea Airlines, for strategic partnership in management, maintenance and training, on January 30, 2018 at Ethiopian headquarters. Ethiopian Group CEO Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, Mr. Cheick Dem, from Guinea Airlines and Guinea’s Minister for Transport, H.E. Oyé Guilavogui signed the agreement in the presence the Minister...
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Free Naima Qorane: A prisoner of Conscience in Somaliland jails
By Ali H. Abdulla Calanyohow babanayaa Caku dunida oo idil Cidaan kugu masaala Kula cayn dhigaayaa Caalaamkaba ma joogtoo Ciiltire ayaad tahay Cadawgaa ma ciil baxo. Naima Abwaan Qorane Somaliland is a separatist enclave in Somalia that is ruled by former Somali National Movement (SNM) rebels who utilized the collapse of the central Somali government...
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WHERE TO EAT SOMALI FOOD IN MINNEAPOLIS
Author:Frank Bures A family dining at Qoraxlow’s recently opened Lake Street restaurant. A few months before I moved to Minneapolis, I stopped at a gas station while visiting the city looking for a place to eat. The cashier and two customers—all of whom were Somali—conferred for a minute, then pointed me up the street to...
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Briefing: Falling short of security in Somalia
Briefing – January 2018 – Emily Knowles Remote Warfare Programme Oxford Research Group Introduction If you believe that fragile states breed instability and terrorism, Somalia should be worrying you. Over twenty years of conflict and a history of fractious relationships between the semi-autonomous federal member states has left the Federal Government in control of less...
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Al-Shabaab: Inside the ranks of women fighters
By The EastAfrican A combination of family ties, the desire to avenge ill-treated loved ones and economic distress is driving some young Kenyan women into the arms of Somali terrorist group Al Shabaab. Once recruited, the women play various roles in the violent extremist group as recruiters, spies, cooks and cleaners, according to a report...
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Kenya’s government suspends broadcasters as Odinga takes symbolic oath
George Obulutsa, Maggie Fick NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan authorities suspended television and radio stations on Tuesday as supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga watched him take a symbolic presidential oath in a Nairobi park in a direct challenge to President Uhuru Kenyatta. Security forces made no move to stop the ceremony, which authorities had said...