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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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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BBC Isaias Afewerki has been Eritrea’s president since 1993 The UN’s Human Rights Council (HRC) has set up a commission of inquiry into Eritrea, seen as one of the world’s most repressive states. The three-member panel will report back in one year. In a statement, the HRC condemned “widespread and systematic” human rights violations, including
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Los Angeles Times By Joseph Serna Yahya Abdi Los Angeles – A teenager who survived stowing away in the wheel well of a jetliner on its flight from San Jose International Airport to Hawaii said this week that anyone thinking of running away should not follow his lead because they would be risking death. In
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Sudan Tribune (JUBA) – South Sudanese president Salva Kiir has written to the East African regional bloc (IGAD) demanding an apology over remarks allegedly made by one of its officials. The letter, foreign affairs minister Benjamin Marial said, was delivered by a government minister to Ethiopia’s prime minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, who is the current IGAD
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UN United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Lieutenant-General Yohannes Gebremeskel Tesfamariam of Ethiopia as the Force Commander for the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Lieutenant-General Tesfamariam succeeds Major-General Delali Johnson Sakyi of Ghana, who completed his assignment on 9 June 2014. The Secretary-General is grateful for Major-General Sakyi’s dedication
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By Ben Makori MPEKETONI Kenya (Reuters) – Somali-linked Islamist militants killed at least eight people in a second night of attacks on Kenya’s coast, a day after an assault on nearby Mpeketoni town left almost 50 dead, officials and the fighters said on Tuesday. Armed men set fire to houses as they raided the village
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BBC Footage from the scene shows the aftermath of the attack which happened as people were watching the World Cup, as Dennis Okari reports At least 48 people have died after unidentified gunmen attacked hotels and a police station in a Kenyan coastal town, officials say. Witnesses in Mpeketoni said gun battles lasted for several
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By Caroline Winter Eritrean national football team players pose on Dec. 1, 2012 before a match against the Rwandan national team at the Namboole International Stadium in Kampala (AFP) With the World Cup set to kick off in Brazil, soccer officials in Eritrea are trying to build a national team from scratch. It’s a process
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