Pune It was straight out of a film narrating the lost and find story! A Somalian film director, who had given up hope of finding his debut feature film, was left speechless on spotting the cans of his film reels at the Pune-based National Film Archive of India (NFAI). For Said Salah Ahmed, 74, it...
By Abdul Ahmed III I am pleased to learn that Madame Edna Aden uses the term as well (as the article claims). The honorable Madame Edna Aden had gallantly served her people for more than 50 years. I hope many wise men and women would adopt the term “the former Somalia” as a term that...
Nairobi, — Somali authorities should immediately allow local broadcaster City FM to reopen and let its staffers work freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On December 19, police in Jowhar, the capital of Hirshabelle state, raided the privately owned City FM broadcaster, briefly detained seven of its staffers, confiscated the keys to the...
by Emeline Wuibercq LONDON, Hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians are living in camps up to four years after being displaced by drought, researchers said on Friday, warning climate change could exacerbate the problem. Ethiopia is home to millions of pastoralists who are particularly vulnerable to climate change as they depend on their livestock to survive. A...
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed will collect his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Tuesday, but as ethnic violence rises at home he has kept festivities and meetings with the media to a minimum. Hailed as a modern, reformist leader, Abiy’s decision to skip all events with the press has dismayed his Norwegian hosts. Africa’s...
As Kenya reels from yet another terror attack in which non-locals were targeted in Wajir, Ethiopian Ambassador Meles Alem says vigilance and collective responsibility on security are key to tackling the scourge Patrick Vidija Before terrorism had been declared a global challenge, Ethiopia was already grappling with it in the early 90s and 2000s. However,...
Inspired by a wedding, Mpls. firm DJR has designed cultural elements into public projects in the emerging East African country of Djibouti. By Nicole Norfleet Minnesota architect Dean Dovolis got the inspiration for his firm’s first overseas development project when he witnessed a wedding one night at his hotel in the small East African nation of...
Aaron Ross BANJUL (Reuters) – The genocide case brought against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) – the first of its kind initiated since the 1990s – may not have happened at all but for a scheduling conflict. In May last year, Gambia’s foreign minister pulled out at the last minute from the...
By Salem Solomon WASHINGTON – A decision by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to dissolve the ruling party months ahead of the 2020 national election has prompted criticism from the upper echelons of his own government. In an interview with VOA’s Afaan Oromo Service, Minister of Defense Lemma Megerssa said unrest in the country means it...
Exiled Somali Kamil Ahmed says her job at Gargaar FM is more important than ever as the threat of closure hangs over the camp Moulid Hujale Sitting in a small shipping container, Kamil Ahmed, 20, readies herself for her live radio show. “I feel like the whole community is waiting for me,” the only female...