Mideksa returned home after 7 years of exile in US to help ongoing reform Seleshi Tessema and Addis Getachew ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia On Nov. 22, 2018, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed surprised Ethiopians by appointing Birtukan Mideksa, a former high profile women leader of the opposition party, as the new Chairperson of the National Electoral...
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Somaliland women need loans to support their small businesses
Basra Hussein Hersi, a mother of six, had to close her small shop last year in Gacan Libaax village, in the Somaliland capital Hargeisa, when she ran into losses. “The little money I made from the shop daily was used to pay the family bills. I didn’t save any money for the continuity of the...
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More than 450,000 people apply to perform Hajj during first 24 hours of registration
DEEMA AL-KHUDAIR JEDDAH: An electronic portal for domestic pilgrims received more than 450,000 applications within 24 hours of opening, the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah said. Male registrations made up 60 percent and females 40 percent of the total applications, the ministry said. Registration for those wishing to perform Hajj in 2021 is restricted...
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Edmonton police investigating attack on a Black Muslim woman wearing a hijab
WARNING: This story contains details of a violent assault Thandiwe Konguavi Edmonton Police are investigating a report that a Somali Canadian woman who was wearing a hijab was attacked Friday night, the latest in a series of attacks on Black and racialized Muslim women in recent months. Jibril Ibrahim, president of the Somali Canadian Cultural Society (SCCS),...
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Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed: The Nobel Prize winner who went to war
By Kalkidan Yibeltal Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was once widely praised outside the country for his reforming zeal but that image was shattered in the months leading up to his first electoral test. His journey from darling of the international community to condemnation has been swift. Bagging the Nobel Peace Prize in October 2019...
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To withdraw from Somalia or not, the debate creeps up
ELIUD KIBII The call for the withdrawal of Kenya Defence Forces from Amisom is slowly reemerging. In a statement this month, Somalia, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accused Kenya of killing civilians using airstrikes in the war on al Shabaab. It said the latest attack was in El Adde and Hisa-u-gur in Gedo regions...
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How ethnic killings exploded from an Ethiopian town
The screams of the dying gradually fell silent as the sky darkened. Around midnight, Berhane Gebrezigher, an ethnic Tigrayan, remembers lying in a ditch full of men who, like himself, had been shot and left for dead. He called out: “Is there anyone breathing?” When the sun rose, the old man faced a choice: die...
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Rural towns in Puntland have huge economic potential, according to new study
An independent non-profit organisation in Puntland has conducted a new study revealing sectors of economic potential that could help address the problem of unemployment and increase people’s prosperity, especially in rural areas. Puntland Development Research Centre (PDRC) has released the first phase of a six-month research project, funded by the Netherlands government, which focuses on...
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Al-Shabab
Written by Claire Felter, Jonathan Masters, and Mohammed Aly SergieCouncil on Foreign Relations Introduction Al-Shabab, or “the Youth,” is an Islamist insurgent group based in Somalia. It once held sway over the capital of Mogadishu and large portions of the Somali countryside, but in recent years an African Union–led (AU) military campaign has pushed it back from...
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Ethiopia Revokes Press Credentials of New York Times Reporter
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Ethiopia has revoked the press credentials of a foreign journalist working for the New York Times, according to the newspaper and an Ethiopian official. The Times said in an article on Thursday that Simon Marks, an Irish national who reports for it and other publications, had his credentials revoked by the Ethiopian...