By PETER BAKER ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Without ever quite saying so explicitly, President Obama used his four-day trip to Africa to suggest that the United States offers an alternative to China’s aggressive courtship of the continent. At a time when China has surpassed the United States as a trading partner and left its mark throughout Africa,...
November 14, 2026
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WAREYSI: MAXAMMED DAAHIR ROOBLE OO KA TIRSAN MUCAARADKA JABUUTI
Odhaahda Tifaftirka: Waxa hadda ka soo wareegtay tan iyo intii dawladda Jabuuti qaadatay xoriyadda 38 sano, iyada oo Jabuuti lagu tilmaamo dal deggan marka loo eego xaalada ammaan ee Geeska Afrika, islamarkaana ku talaabsatay horumar dhinaca dhaqaalha ah, ayaa haddana waxaa jira tabashooyin badan oo la xidhiidha musuqmaasuq baahsan, maamul kali tali ah, ku xadgudub...
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Rwanda Park Releases Relocated Lions to Restock Population
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Seven lions that were transported from South Africa to Rwanda have been released into a wildlife park after weeks of quarantine, another step in a plan to restore the country’s lion population after it was wiped out following Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, the park’s managers said Tuesday. The lions left an enclosure...
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Brics lets Africa create own destiny
Cape Town – Aligning itself with Brazil, Russia, India, and China had positioned South Africa and the African continent in a position to structure their own futures, said Brics Business Council member Dr Iqbal Surve. “We are now in a position to structure our own future and be the master of our own destiny,” he...
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Obama says ‘Africa on the move’ in landmark Kenya visit
By Andrew Beatty, Peter Martell Nairobi (AFP) – US President Barack Obama declared Saturday that “Africa is on the move”, praising the spirit of entrepreneurship at a business summit in Kenya as he kicked off a landmark visit. Obama arrived in Kenya late on Friday, making his first visit to the country of his father’s...
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The World’s Most Optimistic People Live in Africa
Emerging nations are home to more upbeat consumers, while advanced economies see dark clouds by Michelle Jamrisko A farmer, left, accepts cash payment for his grain from a buyer in the village of Damo Dulele, Ethiopia, in February 2015. Growth in Ethiopia has beaten every other sub-Saharan country over the past decade. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg Sure, France has Paris,...
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IOM: Ethiopians Kidnapped for Ransom in Yemen
FILE – Ethiopian migrants are seen in a make-shift camp near the western Yemeni town of Haradh in a March 21, 2012, photo. By Lisa Schlein The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reports an extortion racket is flourishing in war-torn Yemen. The IOM says traffickers, armed groups and others are kidnapping vulnerable Ethiopian migrants on...
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Kenya and Somalia feuds far from over
ALLIS NOT WELL: Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud and Kenya Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed (R) during the African Union Peace and Security Council meeting at the KICC last September 2. FELIX OLICK Kenya and Somalia are headed for a legal duel at the International Court of Justice regarding the maritime delimitation of the...
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The homeless man who went to Harvard Law with John Roberts
Alfred Postell is seen in downtown Washington. He lives on the streets despite graduating from Harvard Law School. (Terrence McCoy/The Washington Post) By Terrence McCoy The judge settled his gaze on the homeless man accused of sleeping beside an office building in downtown Washington. It was a Saturday afternoon in early April at D.C. Superior...
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Ethiopian journalist on fear of returning to prison
By Andrew Harding “I’m still scared that I might go back to prison” says journalist Tesfalem Waldyes It’s never an easy decision: Should I interview someone who wants to talk in public, but who knows that a word out of line could mean arrest and imprisonment? I’ve wrestled with the issue before in Myanmar, also...