Aljazeera Students and civil servants in the northwestern Xinjiang province have been ordered to not observe traditional fasting. Students and civil servants in China’s Muslim northwest have been ordered by the state to avoid taking part in traditional fasting during the Islamic month of Ramadan. Statements posted in the past week on websites of schools,
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ETN GTI News Ethiopian was the first in the world outside Japan to receive the B787 in August 2012. The airline will take delivery of further two B787s in 2014. Currently, Ethiopian is the largest operator of the B787 in Africa, serving routes to Africa, Brazil, Europe, the U.S., Canada and China with the aircraft.
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By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. military advisors have secretly operated in Somalia since around 2007 and Washington plans to deepen its security assistance to help the country fend off threats by Islamist militant group al Shabaab, U.S. officials said. The comments are the first detailed public acknowledgement of a U.S. military presence in
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The decision comes as two sitting presidents face charges at the International Criminal Court Aljazeera African leaders gathered for a continent-wide summit voted to give themselves and their allies immunity from prosecution for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide at a new African Court of Justice and Human Rights. The decision comes as the
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Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu) TV footage taken from the crash site showed the aircraft had been transporting tonnes of the mild drug Khat when hit a commercial building shortly after take off from the city’s main international hub. The plane had reportedly been heading to the Somali capital of Mogadishu. Early investigations into the accident suggest
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Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu) TV footage taken from the crash site showed the aircraft had been transporting tonnes of the mild drug Khat when hit a commercial building shortly after take off from the city’s main international hub. The plane had reportedly been heading to the Somali capital of Mogadishu. Early investigations into the accident suggest
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Arrests, political and economic pressures stunt the development of vibrant and pluralistic journalism By Mohamed Keita, Aljazeera Three journalists and six bloggers arrested in one swoop languish in prisonIn Africa, the past few months have offered troubling optics of journalists on trial for the practice of independent journalism: Peter Greste in a cage in
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AFP SANAA (AFP) – The Yemeni coast guard has seized a boat in the Gulf of Aden carrying 42 illegal migrants from Africa, the authorities said Tuesday. The coast guard intercepted the boat in Yemeni territorial waters, arresting three crew members and the owner of the vessel, which had come from the Horn of Africa.
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Human IPO By Chris Udemans The Algerian and Ethiopian governments are helping the United States (US)-based National Security Agency (NSA) collect private data about Africans, according to a report. The Intercept reported the existence of an expanded NSA surveillance programme known as RAMPART-A, which depends on a growing number of third party governments to provide access
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Ahram Online A tripartite committee is to meet soon in Cairo to resume negotiations over Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam, state news agency MENA reported on Tuesday. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn announced last week after their meeting in Equatorial Guinea’s capital of Malabo that the committee will resume work after it was
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