By PATRICK LANG’AT The government on Thursday ordered a stop to a planned strike by Kenya Airways pilots, terming it an act of economic sabotage that could cost the airline up to Sh200 million a day. Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia said the strike will not only affect the airline’s turnaround strategy and a desperate...
November 14, 2026
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Ethiopian Airlines confirms Increase in Flight Frequency to Seychelles to five a week as from 16 December
Ethiopian Airlines confirms Increase in Flight Frequency to Seychelles to five a week as from 16 December. Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing and most profitable African airline, have said that they are delighted to announce that they will add a 5th weekly flight to Seychelles as of 16th December 2016. Group CEO Ethiopian Airlines, Mr....
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After Torture, Ex-Detainee Is Still Captive of ‘The Darkness’
By JAMES RISEN DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — At first, the Americans seemed confused about Suleiman Abdullah Salim. They apparently had been expecting a light-skinned Arab, and instead at a small airport outside Mogadishu that day in March 2003, they had been handed a dark-skinned African. “They said, ‘You changed your face,’” Mr. Salim, a...
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Kenya’s elite forces have become more lethal since Somalia entry
By NYAMBEGA GISESA Since the start of the Somalia war, there are at least two unique and intriguing cases in the capture of dozens of towns in southern Somalia. These two victories can be the pride of any military in the world. The most publicised is the victory at the port city of Kismayu in...
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Somali presidential candidate takes aim at corruption
By MATTI HUUHTANEN HELSINKI (AP) — Running to become president of a country always comes with challenges — but facing death threats from militants and fearing you may never see your four children again are not the usual hurdles. Despite those enormous obstacles, Fadumo Dayib, 44, plans to leave the safety of Finland, where she...
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Ethiopia-Djibouti railway opens October 5
By Mohammed Taha Tewekel Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA, A new railway line linking Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa to the port city and capital of Djibouti is set to be officially inaugurated next Wednesday with the attendance of Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh. “President Guelleh will arrive in Addis Ababa on Tuesday,” Ambassador Mohammed Idriss told Anadolu Agency...
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Giving wings to Africa’s regional integration
By Carlos Lopes As the world gets used to new forms of interconnectedness, Africa is not left aside. Today, more than 700 million Africans are subscribed to mobile services with many wealthy Africans proudly displaying more than one cell, a symbol of a newly acquired social status. The proliferation of mobile networks has transformed communications,...
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HASSAN SHEIKH: THE WRONG PRESIDENT FOR SOMALIA
By Mohamed F. Yabarag Since the collapse of the Somali state in 1991 and the subsequent chaos and the deadly tribal/civil strife that had plagued this nation for the best part of the last two decades, the country was always yearning for decent men and women who could bring this hopeless and painful situation to a...
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The U.N. Is Sending Thousands of Refugees Back Into a War Zone
By Ty McCormick KISMAYO, Somalia — For years, Katra Abii dreamed of moving her family back to Somalia. All eight of her children were born in neighboring Kenya, in the world’s largest refugee camp, but she hoped one day they would be able to marry and start families of their own in their home country....
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We were forced to work for Western-run mine, say migrants who fled Eritrea
By Allison Martell and Edmund Reuters – Bemnet Negash never got to say a proper goodbye to his family. In February 2006, government officials arrived at his school in the highlands of Eritrea and put him and his classmates on a bus to a military training camp. He was 20 years old, and still at...