Tesfa News Joint forces to operate under single command along common border The irony of the present defense arrangement is that the Ethiopian government is presenting Sudan as protector of its interests, among others, on the Nile River. But why Sudan go against Egypt – its coreligionist, a fellow member of the Islamic Conference Organization
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Tesfa News Joint forces to operate under single command along common border The irony of the present defense arrangement is that the Ethiopian government is presenting Sudan as protector of its interests, among others, on the Nile River. But why Sudan go against Egypt – its coreligionist, a fellow member of the Islamic Conference Organization
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AlJazeera Caught between competing powers to the West and East, how can Africa emerge from the race for its riches? Decades after the European powers carved up the African continent for their own imperial needs, Africa is undergoing a new wave of resource and strategic exploitation – some are calling it the new scramble for
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AlJazeera Caught between competing powers to the West and East, how can Africa emerge from the race for its riches? Decades after the European powers carved up the African continent for their own imperial needs, Africa is undergoing a new wave of resource and strategic exploitation – some are calling it the new scramble for
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By Adam Bemma Huffington Post NAIROBI, Kenya - A cursory glance at the headlines shows that Ethiopia has one of Africa’s fastest growing economies. But the noise generated by the hyperbolic international media is drowning out the critical voices. Political opposition is being strangled by the authorities as activists and journalists are arrested and thrown into
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AFP Moscow-Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday promised Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to speed up the delivery of billions of dollars in arms and invited Cairo to forge free trade ties with a Moscow-led customs bloc. The two strong-willed leaders have developed a warm working relationship since Putin gave his backing to Sisi’s presidential
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BBC Fighting has disrupted farming in South Sudan leading to nationwide food shortages and malnutrition The US is providing $180m (£107m) in emergency aid to help address the food crisis in South Sudan, US National Security Adviser Susan Rice says. She said suffering there was caused by rival leaders’ inability “to put their people’s interests
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Reporters Without Borders Ethiopia’s justice ministry has announced that it is bringing criminal charges ranging from “dissemination of false rumours with the intent of overthrowing the government” to “undermining public trust in the government and attempts at fostering ethnic and religious divisions” against six news weeklies. In a communiqué released on 5 August, the ministry
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Reporters Without Borders Ethiopia’s justice ministry has announced that it is bringing criminal charges ranging from “dissemination of false rumours with the intent of overthrowing the government” to “undermining public trust in the government and attempts at fostering ethnic and religious divisions” against six news weeklies. In a communiqué released on 5 August, the ministry
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By Alemayehu G Mariam It was a hyperbole fest (“hypefest”) at the U.S.-Africa Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. last week. It was all about the “fastest-growing continent with the youngest population and highest level of investment”. President Obama and other top U.S. officials sang what is now becoming the informal “Ballad of Africa Rising”. U.S.
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