UN warns new drought could drag nation backwards By Katy Migiro | Reuters, Millions of Ethiopians face a hunger crisis for a second consecutive year after drought hit sub-Saharan Africa’s second most populous nation, the United Nations said on Tuesday as it appealed for more than $900 million in aid. A strong aid response to…
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By Abukar Mohamed-Wardi, Let’s start with the basic facts: Ethiopia is desperately trying to get Hassan Sheikh Mohamud re-elected as a president of Somalia. The evidence of this effort was encapsulated in a recent report by a think-tank affiliated with Ethiopia’s Foreign Ministry and external intelligence. Ethiopia’s renewed agenda goes against the wishes of the…
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South Sudan official rejects the claim and accuse rebels loyal to Riek Machar orchestrating the unfounded rumour. By Radio Tamazuj, An extraordinary diplomatic row has broken out between Ethiopia and the neighbouring South Sudan over rumours that President Salva Kiir has tacitly agreed to allow Ethiopian rebel groups to open an office in the nation’s…
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Decision makers in Riyadh are gritting their teeth at Cairo. What are the ramifications of the growing rifts for both countries, the conflict in Yemen and Red Sea security? By Gregory R. Copley, Saudi Arabia’s rift with Egypt is spiraling out of control, with major strategic ramifications for both countries, as well as for the…
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The selection of Dr. Tedros Adhanom, the enabler of Ethiopia’s brutal regime, as one of the three finalists, has put the credibility of WHO into question. By ESAT News, The selection of Dr. Tedros Adhanom as one of the three finalists for the post of WHO director general drew outrage among Ethiopians and friends of…
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Ethiopia is desperately trying to get Hassan Sheikh Mohamud re-elected as a president of Somalia. Its renewed agenda, however, goes against the wishes of the overwhelming majority of Somalis and members of the Somali Federal Parliament. By Farhan Jimale | BBC News, Somalia’s outgoing Prime Minister, Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke, has accused the neighbouring countries of intervening…
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By Simon Weldemichael, Double standards have become a regular and widely used feature of international political affairs, and the international system is known for its differing treatment of countries and individuals. There exist no standard, impartial rules for all, and genuine cooperation and partnership have gone astray. Instead, domination, confrontation and exploitation have assumed a…
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By Matt Hadro | Catholic News Agency One member of Congress is hoping for a “serious policy review” by the Trump administration of the United States’ relationship with Ethiopia, citing human rights abuses by the government there. “To truly stop violence abroad, Ethiopia must stop violence at home,” Rep. Chris Smith, chair of the House…
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By BBC News, At least 16 people have been killed and more than 40 injured in a car bomb blast in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The car blew up in the city’s southern Madina district, officials say. The blast – which ripped through shops and food stalls – is the first major attack in the…
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By Sudan Tribune, South Sudan President Salva Kiir has arrived in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa for talks on the implementation of border control and security cooperation deal signed last year. On 28 October 2016, President Kiir and Ethiopian Hailemariam Desalegn signed a series of cooperation agreements on Friday, including a security arrangement to stop…
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By Prof. Al Mariam, I have written this letter because I am affronted and outraged by the sheer audacity and arrogance of a foreign regime to use millions of dollars in a lobbying effort to manipulate, subvert, exploit and corrupt American political institutions. Any foreign government which feels that it can buy, sell and exchange…
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By Berhane Woldu, Wealthiest and richest people in human history Queens and Kings and Pharaohs from centuries past Rockefellers, Vanderbilt and Nicholas II of Russia might have become rich through luck and time of opportunity. Bill Joy the founder of Sun Microsystems and Bill Gates of Microsoft not only become billionaires through innovation; they were…
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By David Steinman | Forbes, In what could be an important test of the Trump Administration’s attitude toward foreign aid, the new United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, and UN aid chief Stephen O’Brien have called on the international community to give the Ethiopian government another $948 million to assist a reported 5.6 million people facing…
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By Agencies, The U.S. budget director has confirmed that the Trump administration will propose “fairly dramatic” reductions in U.S. foreign aid when it submits its fiscal 2018 budget later this month. “We are going to propose to reduce foreign aid, and we are going to propose to spend that money here,” Mick Mulvaney, the White…
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Dozens still missing after mountain of garbage dump at decades-old landfill site near the capital buries squatters’ makeshift homes. BY AL JAZEERA At least 48 people have been killed and dozens are missing after a landslide struck at a massive garbage dump on the outskirts of Ethiopia’s capital. The landslide late on Saturday levelled more than…
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Why is the Ethiopian regime making the Renaissance Dam the issue and arouse suspicion that it is under threat and possibly not safe? BY AMANUEL BIEDEMARIAM The government of Ethiopia is openly admitting that it is no longer able to secure the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and as such the country. It is also…
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Murle gunmen allegedly crossed into Ethiopia’s Gambella region and killed 28 people before fleeing with 43 children. BY AGENCIES More than 1,000 gunmen from South Sudanese killed 28 people and kidnapped 43 children in Ethiopia’s Gambella province, an Ethiopian official says. Men from the Murle community, who crossed into Ethiopia, are being blamed. “Murle bandits carried…
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BY GCR It may be Ethiopia’s symbol of national pride, but the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) being built for hydroelectric power on the Blue Nile will have grave and unexpected consequences for its downstream neighbour, Egypt, according to a report published in the US. The multi-year study of Egypt’s Nile Delta estimates that…
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The 17km track Addis Ababa tramway is $475 million (1.8 billion birr) in the hole. BY AFRICA NEWS The Addis Ababa tramway is one of the few examples of urban public transport infrastructure in a continent where public transport system is severally constrained. But 14 months after it was inaugurated, the tramway is struggling to match…
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BY REUTERS Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has invited Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to visit his country, a public show of good relations following months of tension between the Arab world’s most populous state and its richest. Sisi welcomed the invitation and in turn invited Salman back, his office said in a statement on Wednesday.…
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