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Africa:Kenya’s police are key for peaceful vote on Monday
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — One of Kenya’s most vilified institutions — its police force — will be in the spotlight next week during its efforts to prevent ...
Djibouti:USN Call’s For Mass Action
USN Call’s for simultaneous rallies in the Djibouti capital and in the main towns of the region * Call for Thursday, February 28, 2013 show ...
Africa: AfDB Commits US $57.66 Million Towards Food Security Program in Horn of Africa
Four million pastoralists to benefit in the first five years NAIROBI, Kenya, February 27, 2013/ — The African Development Bank (http://www.afdb.org) today signed a US ...
Somali Islamists threaten Kenyan voters
Somalia’s Al Qaeda-linked Shebab on Wednesday issued a stark warning to Kenyan voters ahead of next week’s general elections, threatening them with a “long, gruesome ...
Africa: Is Ethiopia a police state?
By Ethiopiawi It was some time ago, while browsing the Internet, that I chanced upon the somalilandpress website. Since then, I have visited it often. ...
Ethiopia: The Prototype African Police State
The sights and sounds of an African police state When Erin Burnett of CNN visited Ethiopia in July 2012, she came face-to-face with the ugly ...
Djibouti ruling party declares election victory, opposition says flawed
DJIBOUTI (Reuters) – Djibouti’s ruling coalition declared victory on Saturday in the Red Sea state’s parliamentary election, but the opposition rejected the vote as flawed ...
Djibouti president’s control of parliament at stake in election
DJIBOUTI (Reuters) – Djibouti’s leader Could lose control of parliament for the first time in a legislative election on Friday, raising the risk of political ...
Ethiopia: The Politics of Fear and Smear
In December 2011, I wrote a commentary entitled, “Ethiopia: Land of Blood or Land of Corruption?” contrasting two portraits of Ethiopia. At the time, the ...
What we are waiting for? The dilemma facing the Isaq community in Ethiopia
The Liyu police (special police force) of the Ethiopian Somali regional administration on Feb 6, 2013 killed a civilian named Mohamed Qowdhen Abdi in the ...
Ethiopia: Where Do We Go (or not go) From Here
On the road to democracy unity? For some time now, I have been heralding Ethiopia’s irreversible march from dictatorship to democracy. In April 2011, I ...
Ethiopian: Annihilation of the Ogaden People – OpEd
February 8, 2013 Besieged, abused, ignored In the harsh Ogaden region of Ethiopia, impoverished ethnic Somali people are being murdered and tortured, raped, persecuted ...
Ethiopia: They Shall Inherit the Wind
Sandcastles and Dams of African Dictators All dictators on the African continent have sought immortality by leaving a legacy that will outlive them and endure ...
Ethiopia: The Silent World of Hippos on Planet Cheetah
In my first weekly commentary of the new year, I “proclaimed” 2013 “Year of Ethiopia’s Cheetah Generation” (young people). I also promised to reach, teach ...
Africa:Israel admits Ethiopian women were given birth control shots
Health Minister director general instructs all gynecologists in Israel’s four health maintenance organizations not to inject women with long-acting contraceptive Depo-Provera if they do not ...
Kenya: Traders cart away capital from Eastleigh
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 On the brink: The bubble that was Eastleigh is threatening to burst as shoppers and traders flee the area in ...
Ethiopia: The Irresponsibility of the Privileged?
Alemayehu G Mariam Recently, Naom Chomsky, MIT Professor of Linguistics and arguably America’s foremost public intellectual, gave an interview to Al Jazeera on the social ...
Ethiopia: A Time to Heal, A Time to Reconcile
Alemayehu G Mariam An ethnic-based conflict between Addis Ababa University (AAU) students following derogatory graffiti posted on toilet-walls and library walls has left half ...
Ethiopian “Liyuu-Special Police” and the Crimes against Humanity in the Ogaden
RESOLVE OGADEN COALITION PRESS RELEASE According to a recent publication by the Guardian, the British government has plans to fund and train an Ethiopian paramilitary ...
Ethiopia : 2013 Year of the Cheetah Generation
2013 shall be the Year of Ethiopia’s Cheetah Generation. “The Cheetah Generation refers to the new and angry generation of young African graduates and professionals, ...
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