By Alazar Shiferaw Ethiopia earned 866 million USD exporting 221,000 tons of coffee during its last fiscal year . According to Ethiopian Coffee & Tea Development and Marketing Authority, it has accomplished 92 per cent of its set goal to increase coffee exports. ” It is a very great achievement compared to nation’s previous years’...
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Anti-terrorist ‘march’ of Muslim imams comes to Berlin
On the second stop of a weeklong tour, liberal Muslim clerics visited the site of last December’s Christmas market terrorist attack. It was a symbolic gesture that carries very real risks for some participants. The international imams currently traveling France, Germany and Belgium to speak out against extremism and terrorism could hardly have chosen a more symbolically...
SOMALI REFUGEE RELIEVED TO GET TO US BEFORE TRAVEL BAN RULES
BY JULIE WATSON ] Ali Said, of Somalia, left, waits at a center for refugees with his two sons Thursday, July 6, 2017, in San Diego. Said, whose leg was blown off by a grenade, says he feels unbelievably lucky to be among the last refugees allowed into the United States before stricter rules kick in...
This is why al-Shabab won’t be going away anytime soon
By Tricia Bacon On June 14, the terrorist group al-Shabab — an al-Qaeda affiliate — attacked a pizza restaurant in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, by detonating a car bomb and sending in assailants. More than 30 people were killed. Earlier in June, al-Shabab overran a military base in the semiautonomous area of Puntland, killing dozens. The group recently surpassed Boko Haram...
Militants blocking aid to starving children in Somalia, charity says
By Daniel Wesangula NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Lack of access to hungry parts of Somalia controlled by Islamist militants is threatening the lives of tens of thousands of malnourished children, a charity said on Thursday, as the war-torn nation risks falling back into famine. Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), often fatal without medical care, has “skyrocketed”...
U.S. lays out criteria for visa applicants from six Muslim nations
By Arshad Mohammed and Yeganeh Torbati Visa applicants from six Muslim-majority countries must have a close U.S. family relationship or formal ties to a U.S. entity to be admitted to the United States under guidance distributed by the U.S. State Department on Wednesday. The guidance defined a close familial relationship as being a parent, spouse,...
Work begins on the tallest skyscraper in Africa
Kieron Monks, CNN (CNN) The mighty peaks of Kilimanjaro and Kenya are the highest points in Africa, towering over the East Coast nations. The mountains will soon be sharing a skyline with a man-made behemoth named simply: “The Pinnacle.” Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta recently laid the foundation stone for what will be the tallest building...
Africa’s richest man may quit Ethiopia over mining dispute
By Emele Onu and Nizar Manek Dangote Cement Plc, controlled by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, said it may shut its operations in Ethiopia if authorities in the central state of Oromia don’t reverse an order to cement makers to hand over control of some parts of their businesses to local young people.Oromia state’s East...
Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman elevated to Crown Prince – SPA
FILE PHOTO: Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman waves as he meets with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 11, 2017. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout/File Photo via REUTERS By Stephen Kalin and William Maclean Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was elevated to crown prince on Wednesday,...
Protest-Hit Ethiopia Region Plans Oil Company to Calm Unrest
By Nizar Manek A central Ethiopian region that’s seen almost two years of sporadic anti-government protests is planning a new private oil company and is in talks to import Middle Eastern crude, part of an economic initiative authorities say will address some of the roots of the unrest. Oromia Petroleum Share Co., the planned venture,...