Posts By Hassan Ali
Ethiopia signs Djibouti railway deal with China
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia signed an agreement with a Chinese state-run firm to build the final section of a railway line that will link its ...
Insecurity Grows in Somali Refugee Camps in Horn of Africa
NAIROBI — The United Nations refugee agency warns of growing insecurity in camps sheltering hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees in the Horn of Africa. ...
Ethiopians protest over Israeli Minister’s comments
Immigrant absorption minister responds to Ethiopian protests against racism by saying they should be grateful to state. JERUSALEM — Activists from the Ethiopian immigrant community and ...
SOMALIA: Turks teach Somalis how to make bread
The Turkish team would open a mobile kitchen to meet food need of 10,000 people a day, Lostar also said. MOGADISHU — Turkish Red Crescent teaches ...
South Sudan’s cattle war displaces thousands
JUBA — Aid groups are mounting a “major emergency operation” in rural South Sudan after tribe-on-tribe violence sent tens of thousands fleeing and killed an ...
SOMALIA: Puntland must explain detention of journalists
NEW YORK — The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the semi-autonomous Somali region of Puntland to explain why they have held two ...
Eritrea claims major advantage over its mining rivals
ASMARA — President Isaias Afwerki of Eritrea says the country’s mining activities have a major comparative advantage over their rivals, in terms of both time ...
OLF ends war and calls for Ethiopian unity
WASHINGTON DC -– The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) has announced its historic decision to drop its long-held secessionist agenda and to embrace the unity of ...
Dualeh Was Always Ready For Call From Somaliland
Hussein Abdi Dualeh’s determination and passion for the oil industry led to homecoming as a government minister LONDON — HUSSEIN Abdi Dualeh is Minister of Mining, ...
Hunger, cholera kill 55 kids in Somalia
Photograph: A malnourished child rests inside the pediatric ward at the Banadir hospital in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. MOGADISHU — Fifty-five children have died of cholera and ...
SOMALIA: Puntland officials narrowly escape IED attack
LAS ANOD — Farah Ali Shire, the Finance Minister of Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland narrowly escaped a roadside blast on Saturday in Bosaasso, reports. Officials ...
SOMALILAND: Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources denies corruption
HARGEISA — Somaliland Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Mr Hussein Abdi Duale, denied accusations of corruption on Wednesday levelled against him last week ...
‘French colonial genocide in Algeria’ Turkey
Photograph: Posters of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose role in advancing Turkey’s economy and society have won him wide admiration in the Arab world. ...
Finance Minister angry with colleagues over possible oil deal
HARGEISA — Somaliland Finance Minister Mohamed Hashi Elmi appears at odds with his Cabinet colleagues after reports emerged that a serious disagreement has broke out ...
Jailed Swedes ‘innocent’: Ethiopian rebels
NAIROBI — Ethiopian rebels said Thursday the conviction of the two Swedish journalists on terrorism charges for supporting the group was “unjust” as they were ...
Mo Farah launches foundation to help Somalia
NAIROBI — Mo Farah described today how winning the world title he had always coveted in September prompted him to use the accomplishment to help ...
China beefing up military presence in Indian Ocean
NAIROBI — In the past three weeks Beijing has committed to supporting Ugandan forces operating in Somalia and to helping the Seychelles fight piracy. “It is ...
SOMALILAND: EU approves $27.5 million fund for drinking water
HARGEISA — The European Union (EU) is to provide $27.5 million to fund water infrastructure projects to build, rehabilitate, upgrade and extend the water supply ...
SOMALIA: Somalis call for the arrest of Puntland leader as Fighting flares in central town
LAS ANOD — Fighting has erupted in a disputed town in central Somalia between two pro-government militias, with Ahlu Sunna militia claiming a strategic victory ...
Ethiopia might import SA coal via Berbera Port
HARGEISA — The Ethiopian Petroleum Enterprise (EPE) is to import coal from South Africa with the aim of securing a sustainable supply of coal as ...
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