Nairobi, The Committee to Protect Journalists on Wednesday called on Somali authorities to unconditionally release journalist Mohamed Ibrahim Osman Bulbul and stop intimidating media covering the security sector. On August 17, four plain-clothed security personnel arrested Mohamed, a reporter with the privately owned broadcaster Kaab TV, at Mogadishu University, where he studies part-time, according to...
By Paul Adams Saudi border guards are accused of the mass killing of migrants along the Yemeni border in a new report by Human Rights Watch. The report says hundreds of people, many of them Ethiopians who cross war-torn Yemen to reach Saudi Arabia, have been shot dead. Migrants have told the BBC they had...
By GITONGA MARETE Alexander Mwenda, a Miraa farmer in Gaciongo, Igembe North chopped down his earlier treasured trees three weeks ago sparking uproar, shock and disbelief among other growers and dealers in Meru county. Mr Mwenda has been in the miraa-growing venture for two decades but was irked by the low prices and hired a...
Dr. Helmi Ben Meriem Following the publication of my essay “Early Anglophone Somali Circadian Short Stories (1965-1979): A Thematic Survey with Emphasis on Abdi Sheik Abdi” in Volume 20 of Bildhaan in which I reviewed Ismael Hurreh’s “I, You, the Whorehouse,” I gained access to his 1971 short story “On the World’s Extreme Corner,” which was published under...
By Mihret G/kristos Addis Abeba – In the heart of Central Tigray, just 95 kilometers away from the city of Mekelle, the regional capital of Tigray, Abeba Weldegebreal, 38, a resilient individual and mother of five children found solace in the Abiy Addi Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp. In the midst of heartbreaking circumstances, Ababa’s resilient spirit...
Harun Maruf WASHINGTON — At least eight people have been killed and six others injured in two separate explosions in Somalia, residents say. At least five people were killed, and four others were injured in the town of Jalalaqsi in the Hiran region after a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest at a public place. The...
President Willaim Ruto on Sunday revealed that he will never allow demonstrations of destruction to take place in Kenya. Speaking during an interview with Inooro Tv from Sagana, Ruto said he had to make that decision in order to protect Kenya. “I looked at myself and said apart from being the leader of the government,...
(ERGO) – Hassan Mohamud Yusuf, 30, has been facing discrimination and closed doors whilst looking for jobs in media in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, where he should be able to apply his skills. Both his legs are paralysed from a bout of polio he suffered at a young age. Yet as a father of four he...
Ethiopian Airlines successfully weathered the Covid pandemic by shifting its strategy, but Africa’s only profitable carrier still faces “real challenges” in sourcing parts and staying competitive at a time of inflation, its CEO told AFP. The 2022-2023 financial year ending June 30 “was a very successful year,” Mesfin Tasew said in an interview in Ethiopia’s capital...
(Nairobi) – Ethiopian authorities should immediately release seven Oromo opposition figures arbitrarily detained for around three years purely for their political role, Human Rights Watch said today. These cases underscore the urgent need for Ethiopia’s government to reform the country’s justice system. Oromia police have held seven senior members of the opposition political party, the Oromo Liberation...