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Archives for March 2016
Migrants and refugees cross paths at an African way station
Heidi Vogt | March 11 2016 | BUSINESS DAY OBOCK — Nestled on a stretch of coastline where Africa’s Horn faces the Arabian peninsula, this dusty seaside town has earned a dubious distinction over the past year, becoming one of the few places where refugees fleeing war pass economic migrants speeding the opposite direction — straight into the firefight. By day, ships … [Read more...] about Migrants and refugees cross paths at an African way station
Human Rights Court awards raped Ethiopian girl $150,000
Saturday, March 12, 2016 | DAILY NATION BANJUL, Friday - Africa’s human rights court has ordered Ethiopia to pay $150,000 compensation to a rape victim for failing to protect her rights. In 2003, Aberew Jemma Negussie was convicted of the abduction and rape of a 13-year-old girl.This was overturned on appeal as the prosecutor said only a virgin could be raped, … [Read more...] about Human Rights Court awards raped Ethiopian girl $150,000
Angola’s veteran leader Dos Santos says to step down in 2018
LUANDA | Herculano Coroado | Fri Mar 11, 2016 | REUTERS Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has been in power since 1979 and is one of Africa's longest-ruling leaders, said on Friday he intended to step down in 2018 but gave no reason for his decision and did not name a preferred successor. Angola, a member of OPEC and Africa's second largest oil exporter … [Read more...] about Angola’s veteran leader Dos Santos says to step down in 2018
ወያኔ፤ አንድም በብልሀት – አንድም በጉልበት
ይገረም አለሙ | abbaymedia,com ወያኔዎች ለትግል በርሀ ገባን የሚሉበት ግዜ የንጉሡ ሥርዓ ፈርሶ ኢትዮጵያ ወዴት አንደምትሄድ አይደለም የት ላይ እንደቆመች እንካን ብቅጡ ያልየበት ወቅት ስለነበር ለብሶት ዳርጎ ወደ ጫካ የሚያስኬድ ቀርቶ ከተማ ተቀምጦ ለማኩረፍ የሚያበቃ በደል ነበር ለማለት አይቻልም፡፡ ስለሆነም ወያኔዎች በዛን ወቅት ለትግል የተነሱት የአጼ ዮሐንስን ቤተ መንግሥት ይዘው የትግራይን መንግሥት የመመስረት ህልማቸውን ለማሳካት መንግሥት አልባው ወቅት ምቹ ሆኖ ስለታያቸው ነበር፡፡ ቢዘገይም ካሰቡት በላይ ተሳክቶላቸዋል፡፡ ወያኔዎች ሀ ብለው ትግል ሲጀምሩ በሰነድ ያሰፈሩት … [Read more...] about ወያኔ፤ አንድም በብልሀት – አንድም በጉልበት
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As drought hits Ethiopia again, food aid risks breaking resilience
Tate Munro and Lorenz Wild | Thursday 10 March 2016 | THE GUARDIAN Importing emergency food rations on a large scale overrides local efforts to produce food and undermines the systems needed to withstand future crises The current El Niño-driven drought in Ethiopia is the 15th in Kemal Umer’s lifetime. For Umer and his family, who live in the Afar region, life … [Read more...] about As drought hits Ethiopia again, food aid risks breaking resilience
The Eritrean Woman: Reverie of an Emancipated Eritrean Man
Semere Andom | March 8, 2016| AWATE.COM First you need to start with the grand narrative that is constantly quoted to you condescendingly: Your 30% participation in Eritrean’s prolonged armed struggle. This is based on faulty math; it is based on the simplistic calculation of the female headcount divided by the total membership and then converted to a percentage. It does not … [Read more...] about The Eritrean Woman: Reverie of an Emancipated Eritrean Man
Switzerland, Nigeria sign deal on $300m confiscated from Abacha family
Thursday, March 10, 2016 | DAILY NATION Nigeria and Switzerland have signed an agreement that paves the way for the return of more than $300 million confiscated from the family of the Nigeria's former military ruler, Sani Abacha, the office of Nigeria's vice president said on Tuesday. Transparency International, a corruption watchdog, has accused Abacha of … [Read more...] about Switzerland, Nigeria sign deal on $300m confiscated from Abacha family
The Islamist Behind Sudan’s Throne
Nesrine Malik | March 8, 2016 | FOREIGN POLICY Hassan al-Turabi remade his once cosmopolitan country into a strict Islamic state. But, for him, the revolution never stopped. LONDON — Hassan al-Turabi died last Saturday as he had lived: agitating in his native Sudan, and elsewhere in the Arab world, to put Islam at the center of political life and himself at the … [Read more...] about The Islamist Behind Sudan’s Throne
Ethiopian prime minister: ‘We are an island of stability in a troubled region’
Reed Kramer for AllAfrica | Wednesday 9 March 2016 | THE GUARDIAN Hailemariam Desalegn says the key to keeping the peace in Ethiopia is a tooth-and-nail fight against poverty AllAfrica’s Reed Kramer interviewed Ethiopia’s prime minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, after a US-Africa business summit in Addis Ababa in February. These are extracts from the original … [Read more...] about Ethiopian prime minister: ‘We are an island of stability in a troubled region’