ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Mosaics depicting Christian figures in Istanbul’s ancient Hagia Sophia will be covered with curtains during Muslim prayers, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Sunday, as work to prepare the building for use as a mosque continues. Authorities had said last week that the mosaics would be concealed with either curtains or...
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Insurance hurdle to slow Jambojet direct Somalia flights plan
By BONFACE OTIENO Jambojet has put on hold plans to launch direct flights from Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to Somali capital Mogadishu due to high insurance needed to ply the route. The budget carrier, a subsidiary on national carrier Kenya Airways , was to launch its direct flight to Aden Adde International Airport, Mogadishu...
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Ethiopia: Account for all people arrested after Hachalu Hundesa’s killing
The authorities in Ethiopia must immediately reveal the whereabouts of dozens of politicians and journalists who were arrested alongside other people following widespread protests and violence on 29 June, Amnesty International said today. The killing of Hachalu Hundesa, a popular outspoken Oromo singer, sparked protests, some of which degenerated into intercommunal violence, which together with...
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Ethiopia’s influential diaspora split on Abiy
Ethiopian diaspora groups are calling for global protests today. The diaspora has a significant influence on politics in Ethiopia — but is divided over support for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. By Kate Hairsine Diaspora groups are calling for Ethiopians abroad to join rallies on Friday in cities as far afield as London, Frankfurt, Seattle and Washington....
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JAWAR TELLS FED. COURT HE IS BEING HELD AT A BASEMENT IN UNMARKED BUILDING; JUDGES GRANT POLICE 14 MORE DAYS
MAHLET FASIL Addis Abeba, Tuuli Baayyis, the defense lawyer for Jawar Mohammed, told Addis Standard that his client has told presiding judges at Lideta Division of the Federal High Court deferment bench that he was detained at a basement of an unmarked house in Addis Abeba in an area commonly known us Mexico Square. According to...
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Nile states end talks on Africa’s largest dam with no deal
CAIRO (AP) – A round of negotiations between three key Nile basin countries over Ethiopia´s contentious hydroelectric dam ended on Monday with no agreement, according to Egyptian and Sudanese officials. The setback sunk modest hopes that the three countries could resolve their differences and ink an agreement before Ethiopia begins to fill its $4.6 billion...
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Counting the burials: African nations scramble to track COVID-19
Giulia Paravicini ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Long after the funding for his project was frozen, Bilal Endris has kept a lonely watch over cemeteries in Ethiopia’s capital by slipping cash to gravediggers to alert his team to any sudden spikes in burials. In a nation where fewer than 2% of deaths are registered, an increase...
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Advocates compile resource list for Somali Canadian sexual violence survivors
Madeleine Cummings – CBC News The death of an American Black Lives Matter activist has inspired two Canadian women to compile a list of resources for Somali Canadian survivors of sexual violence. Asmaa Ali, a nurse in Edmonton, and Habon Ali, a student in Toronto, spent a week putting together the 28-page document last month. The pair,...
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Jawar Mohammed: The Ethiopian media mogul taking on Abiy Ahmed
By Bekele Atoma Having previously warned that Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed risked turning into an “illegitimate” ruler, Jawar Mohammed, 34, has now become the most high-profile opposition politician to be detained since the Nobel Peace laureate took office in April 2018. An ethno-nationalist with a Facebook following of nearly two million, Mr Jawar is...
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Young Somali doctor shares her story of treating COVID19 patients in Mogadishu hospital and falling sick herself
Hamdi Abdirahman Ahmed has spoken about her experiences as a doctor treating Coronavirus patients at a Mogadishu hospital at the start of the outbreak – and coping with catching the virus herself. In an interview with Radio Ergo, Dr Hamdi, 25, described her excitement to help with the national effort at Martini Hospital when the...