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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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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By Aljazeera President Isaias Afewerki of Eritrea Several top Eritrean leaders have been reported to the police for crimes against humanity by a Swedish law firm, as a new law took effect enabling such crimes committed anywhere else in the world to be prosecuted in Sweden. The report lists a series of alleged crimes including
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By Aljazeera President Isaias Afewerki of Eritrea Several top Eritrean leaders have been reported to the police for crimes against humanity by a Swedish law firm, as a new law took effect enabling such crimes committed anywhere else in the world to be prosecuted in Sweden. The report lists a series of alleged crimes including
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IOM The International Organization for Migration, in collaboration with the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), is holding a five-day seminar on diaspora mapping in Addis Ababa. For this first-of-its-kind seminar, IOM has invited specialists on labour migration and development to deepen the knowledge and sharpen the skills of officials from MOFA in Ethiopia and
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IOM The International Organization for Migration, in collaboration with the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), is holding a five-day seminar on diaspora mapping in Addis Ababa. For this first-of-its-kind seminar, IOM has invited specialists on labour migration and development to deepen the knowledge and sharpen the skills of officials from MOFA in Ethiopia and
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Telegraph By Harriet Alexander Meriam Ibrahim, the Sudanese woman sentenced to death for apostasy, says that giving birth in prison, with her legs in chains, has left her baby disabled Meriam Ibrahim was released from prison on June 23 – only to be detained once again while attempting to leave Sudan for the US Photo: AP
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