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Africa Must Face Reality of Low Commodity Prices, IMF Warns

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Andrew Mayeda | October 25, 2016 | Bloomberg African commodity exporters risk a “disorderly” hit to their economies if they don’t adapt to the reality of low prices, said a senior official at the International Monetary Fund. Some governments in sub-Saharan Africa have been slow to “internalize” the fact that prices of oil and other commodities are likely to remain low, … [Read more...] about Africa Must Face Reality of Low Commodity Prices, IMF Warns

Ethiopia magazine halts publication over emergency rule curbs

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Aaron Maasho | ADDIS ABABA | Tue Oct 25, 2016 | REUTERS An Ethiopian English-language magazine which has been critical of the government has ceased publishing its print edition saying restrictions imposed when emergency rule was declared early this month made it "impossible" to continue. The Horn of Africa country introduced a state of emergency on Oct. 9 after a wave … [Read more...] about Ethiopia magazine halts publication over emergency rule curbs

The failure of democracy in Africa

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Sunday 23 October 2016 | The Observer The Democratic Republic of Congo is the latest country disintegrating because a leader wants to hang on to power Two decades ago, the Democratic Republic of Congo, sub-Saharan Africa’s largest country, was engulfed in what became known as Africa’s Great War, a conflict that drew in half-a-dozen neighbouring countries and raged for … [Read more...] about The failure of democracy in Africa

Power battles keep Malawians guessing why their president disappeared

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Jimmy Kainja | 25 Oct 2016 | Mail & Guardian Peter Mutharika disappeared without explanation for a month, prompting citizens to speculate about the reasons, including that he was gravely ill. The President of Malawi, Peter Mutharika, finally returned home after a month-long absence. His still unexplained absence led to speculation that he had either gone awol or was … [Read more...] about Power battles keep Malawians guessing why their president disappeared

መደብ ሓቂ ብጋህዲ ካብ ኤርትራ ወጻኢ ቍ. 9

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ኣወሃሃድን ኣቕራብን ቀለታ ኪዳነ | Oct 24, 2016 | meskerem.net መደብ ሓቂ ብጋህዲ ካብ ኤርትራ ወጻኢ ቍ. 9 ኣወሃሃድን ኣቕራብን ቀለታ ኪዳነ መደብ ሓቂ ብጋህዲ ካብ ኤርትራ ወጻኢ ቍ. 9 ኣወሃሃድን ኣቕራብን ቀለታ ኪዳነ ክቡራትን ክቡራንን ከመይ ቀኒኹም ሎም ቅነ ፕረሲደንት ኢሳያስ ድሃይ ኣጥፊኡ ኢሎም ዝሻቐሉ ሰባት ንሰምዕ ኣሎና። ሕሉፍ ሓሊፎም ኵነታቱ ንምፍላጥ ኣብ ዓዲ ሃሎን ባርካን ጠያይቖም ድሃዩ ዝሰኣኑ ሰባት ከም ዘለዉ እውን ይነፍስ ኣሎ። ካልኦት ከኣ ኣልዩ ኣይሃልዩስ እንታይ ለውጢ ኣልዩዎ ኵሉ ሓደ’ዩ ዝብሉ እውን ኣይተሳእኑን። ህዝቢ ብቕዋም ይኹን … [Read more...] about መደብ ሓቂ ብጋህዲ ካብ ኤርትራ ወጻኢ ቍ. 9

ዕላላተይ ምስ ስዉእ መልኣከ ተኽለ።

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ሰመረ ፍስሃየ | 16 October 2016 | asmarino.com ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ወርሒ ሸውዓተ ክትዝርጋሕ ዝጀመረት ታሪኽ ጅግና ስዉእ መልኣከ ተኽለ እትገልጽ መጽሓፍ ረኺብኩም ኣንቢብኩማ ክትኮኑ ተስፋ እገብር። ብወገነይ ድሮ ሳልሳይ ዓመቱ ዝቐረበ: ንስዉእ ተጋዳላይ ወልደዳዊት ተመስገን ዝምልከት መግለጺየይ ኣብ ዘቕረብኩሉ ግዜ  ብዛዕባ ጅግና ስዉእ መልኣከ ተኽለ’ውን ከዕልለኩም እየ ዝብል መብጽዓ ኣስፊረ ነይረ። ኣጋጣሚ ኣብቲ እዋን’ቲ ሓወይን ብጻየይን ዝኾነ ግርማይ ቦኽረ ነዛ ኣብ ላዕሊ ዝጠቐስኩዋ መጽሓፍ ክጽሕፋ ጀሚሩ ስለ ዝነበረ እታ መጽሓፍ ድሕሪ ምዝርግሓ ንኽጽሕፍ … [Read more...] about ዕላላተይ ምስ ስዉእ መልኣከ ተኽለ።

Putin, Syria, and Why Moscow Has Gone War-Crazy

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Joshua Yaffa | October 14, 2016 | The New Yorker A viewer of Russian television this week could be forgiven for thinking that the end of the world was imminent, and that it would arrive in the form of grand superpower war with the United States, culminating in a suicidal exchange of nuclear weapons. On one day alone, three separate test firings of intercontinental … [Read more...] about Putin, Syria, and Why Moscow Has Gone War-Crazy