A Muslim climate activist will enter the Dutch parliament this year, it was announced on Saturday, despite facing what supporters called an Islamophobic and racist campaign.“Wow. We did it. Despite everything, thanks to everything,” Kauthar Bouchallikht wrote on Twitter. The 26-year-old politician added she will work for “equality and justice. Hope over hate. Together”. The official results of the Netherlands’ parliamentary elections have...
November 14, 2026
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Critical Ethiopian diplomat urges peace talks in Tigray war
People displaced by the recent conflict gather around water points provided by the International Rescue Committee at a makeshift camp for the displaced in Embadanso school in Shire, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (International Rescue Committee via AP) KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) – An Ethiopian diplomat who quit his post...
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DAWUD IBSA’S OLF SLAMS ELECTORAL BOARD FOR PARTICIPATION IN SPLINTER GROUP’S MEETING TO ELECT NEW CHAIRMAN
BY SIYANNE MEKONNEN Addis Abeba, The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) has been making headlines related to divisions within the leadership. In a recent development, the faction led by the deputy chairman Ararso Biqila has held a general assembly and elected a new chairman. The chairman of the party, Dawud Ibsa has put out several statements explaining the...
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The political crisis in Somalia calls for a decisive action by the international community
By Dr. Aweys Omar Mohamoud I was recently interviewed by the Italian news agency, agenzianova.com about the political crisis in Somalia. Nova published excerpts from the interview which you can see here. I present below the original interview questions and my answers, in full. All questions are printed in italics. Q: The situation in Somalia...
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TIGRAY INTERIM ADMIN OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE DISMISSED FOR SPEAKING UP AGAINST ATROCITIES AND DESTRUCTION
Addis Abeba, Amdom Gebreselassie, Deputy Head of Communication Affairs bureau , and Alula Habteab, Head of the bureau of Construction, Road and Transport have been discharged from their duties through a letter they received from Mulu Nega (PhD), Head of Tigray Interim Administration. According to Amdom, who spoke to Addis Standard, the decisions did not...
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MORE THAN 40 CIVILIANS KILLED IN WESTERN OROMIA
BY MAHLET FASIL Addis Abeba, A series of attacks in western Oromia regional state mounted by armed men against civilians since Saturday March 6 claimed the lives of at least 42 people so far, including women and children. The victims are members of the Amhara community living in various Kebeles (districts) of Horo Guduru, Eastern Wollaga zone of...
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Ethiopia’s Amhara region rejects charge of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Tigray
Tigray has been the theater of fighting since early November, when Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced military operations Ethiopia’s Amhara region denied Thursday that its forces were engaged in “ethnic cleansing” in conflict-hit Tigray, one day after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken used the phrase in public testimony. Earlier this week, Tigrayan officials...
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Does Puntland administration and its Denizens live in an Alternate Reality
By Abdiqani Ahmed Farah (Dala’aan) PhD ‘On what bases subjects obey their rulers’, the social contract theory by Thomas Hobbs et al (1588–1679) Every era can be looked at as a repository of a particular kind of a wisdom. This means, we need to go back in time to rescue things which has been missing...
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Ethiopia: Time to tell the truth, Ambassador
By ANDREW RETTMAN Ethiopia’s war is being fought not just in a blackout, but also in a fog of lies – and Ethiopia’s envoy to the EU is making matters worse. Hirut Zemene, Ethiopia’s EU ambassador, recently wrote to EUobserver, accusing Finland’s foreign minister, Pekka Haavisto, of making “erroneous” claims after he visited the region and told press...
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Somali migrant left to survive on streets of France
‘They left me on the street right in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic,’ says Ahmed Muhammed Alaattin Dogru PARIS, A Somali migrant who had to flee his country due to violence has been forced to live on the streets after two European countries refused to grant him asylum. Ahmed Muhammed, who is using a...