Visa for Abusive Ethiopian Official Raises Concerns Sydney, The Ethiopian government has arrested and detained dozens of relatives of Ethiopians who participated in a Melbourne protest in June, 2016, and is still holding many of them four months later, Human Rights Watch said today. On June 12, members of Australia’s Ethiopian community who are from...
Negeri Lencho appointed in November cabinet reshuffle some see as a response to anti-government protests. By Ludovica Iaccino Ethiopia’s new minister of information Negeri Lencho has said he is committed to promoting free press in his country. Lencho took office following a cabinet reshuffle earlier in November, which saw the appointment of 21 ministers. Prime...
By Paul Schemm The smell of rotting mango and passion fruit still hung in the air over the blackened shell of a juice factory near this village more than two weeks after the plant was looted and burned by an aggrieved mob. As employees swept out the empty rooms, Abraham Negusay, AfricaJuice’s production manager, worked...
The recent decisions by South Africa, Burundi, and Gambia to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC) are generating wide attention and speculation about a mass exodus from the court by African countries. But think it’s clear where Africa stands on the ICC? Think again. A growing number of African governments have spoken out over the...
By BRIAN NGUGI, Business Daily The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is expected to inform the government of its decision to move its planned regional headquarters from Nairobi after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected some key demands by the bank, including diplomatic immunity for its top executives. The ministry on Friday said it had reviewed a...
By Hassan M. Abukar Editor’s note: This is the fourth of a series of articles WardheerNews will be running to highlight how the Regional Administrations managed the selection of the Upper House members as part of Somalia’s 2016 elections. ————— The newly formed HirShabelle state is on its way to selecting members of the Upper House,...
Special report, WardheerNews Editor’s note: This is the second of a series of articles WardheerNews will be running to highlight how the Regional Administrations managed the selection of the Upper House members as part of Somalia’s 2016 elections. ________ Mumino Saeed Mursal was, until three days ago, a candidate for the Federal Upper House from...
By GNA Reporter Accra, GNA – Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing and the largest Cargo operator in Africa, has won the Rising Star Carrier of the Year Award, for the second year in a row, at the 5th Payload Asia Awards 2016 held in Hong Kong. Payload Asia 2016 honours the very best in the...
By Hassan M. Abukar Editor’s note: This is the first of a series of articles WardheerNews will be running to highlight how the Regional Administrations managed the selection of the Upper House members as part of Somalia’s 2016 elections. __________ “When the hyena is the judge, the goat has no rights.” An African proverb. Recently,...
By Liban Ahmad Four years ago, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud took office with a promise to change Somalia for better. His political program was based on Six Pillars to be implemented by the Somali Federal Government. SFG was formed in 2012 to empower national leaders of a new, permanent government to have a better leverage than transitional governments had to engage stakeholders...