One expert says the evidence uncovered shows the state is engaged in “genocide, full stop”. The Chinese government is forcing Uighur women and members of other minorities to take birth control as part of a campaign to curb its Muslim population, according to a major investigation. A report issued by the Associated Press said government...
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Russians vote on Putin’s reforms to constitution
Russia has begun voting on constitutional reforms that could allow President Vladimir Putin to serve another two terms in office. The official vote is scheduled for 1 July, but authorities said they were opening polling stations a week early to stop overcrowding amid the pandemic. Opposition activist Alexei Navalny has said the changes will allow...
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Who hasn’t heard of COVID-19 by now? More than you think
By CARA ANNA JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A half-year into the most momentous pandemic in decades, it’s hard to imagine that anyone, anywhere has not heard of the coronavirus. But scores of migrants arriving in Somalia tell United Nations workers every day that they are unaware of COVID-19. Monitors for the International Organization for Migration, the...
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Dear Ethiopia…
By Nervana Mahmoud Thank you for your letter. The fate of our two countries has been linked since ancient times, as described in Herodotus’s book An Account of Egypt, Egypt is the “gift of the Nile,” “it has soil which is black and easily breaks up, seeing that it is in truth mud and silt brought...
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Djibouti vs Kenya 2020 is oddly reminiscent of Somalia vs Ethiopia 1984
By Mohamed Osman The recent battle between fellow Inter Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) members Djibouti and Kenya, which saw them vie with one another for a temporary seat at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), is NOT the first time fellow IGAD members have faced off in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). UNSC,...
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Conflict Déjà vu in Mudug Region
By New Access International (NAI) Executive Summary Mudug region is perhaps Somalia’s most deeply divided administrative region, with layers of divergent loyalties fostering an environment of social mistrust, institutional paralysis and chronic insecurity. The conflict is multi-layered, has impacted millions of lives and turned Mudug region into the epicentre of Somalia’s complex political rivalries. In...
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US airstrikes killing, injuring civilians in Mogadishu
US military has said it conducted 63 strikes in 2019, at least 40 during first 5 months of this year Magdalene Mukami Haweeyo Ugbad, a mother of two from the town of Jilib south of Mogadishu in the Middle Juba region close to the Kenya-Somali border, witnessed a neighbor’s house being flattened by a US...
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Somalia: Inadequate US Airstrike Investigations
Apparently Unlawful Attacks, No Redress for Civilian Deaths Nairobi,– Two United States airstrikes in Somalia in early 2020 killed seven civilians in apparent violation of the laws of war, Human Rights Watch said today. US forces have not adequately investigated a February 2 strike killing one woman at her home, and a March 10 attack that killed five men...
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400 Chinese to flee Nairobi for home over coronavirus fears
By ANGELA OKETCH & JOSEPH NDUNDA Some 400 Chinese nationals are preparing to leave the country this coming week over fears of Covid-19. The Chinese have obtained an order from a High Court in Nairobi directing the Kenya government to allow them to leave on June 16, arguing that Kenya’s health system does not have...
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Ethiopian army official: Country will defend itself over dam
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) – Ethiopia´s deputy army chief on Friday said his country will strongly defend itself and will not negotiate its sovereignty over the disputed $4.6 billion Nile dam that has caused tensions with Egypt. “Egyptians and the rest of the world know too well how we conduct war whenever it comes,” Gen....