AFP Nairobi (AFP) – Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents are planning further attacks in the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti, Britain warned Thursday, after suicide bombers last month attacked a crowded restaurant. “There are credible reports that Al-Shebab plan, and have the capability, to attack targets in Djibouti, including Western interests,” the Foreign Office said,
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Egypt State Information Service Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom said President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and Prime Minister Hailemarian Desalign would hold a summit meeting in Malapo, Equatorial Guinea, within two weeks to launch a new chapter of relations between the two countries. The Ethiopian top diplomat said there is an agreement between the two
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By Getachew Begashaw (PhD)* June 12, 2014 Part I: Economic and Political Backdrop Most Ethiopians agree that appropriately planned, designed, constructed, and operated dams on Abay (the Blue Nile) are economic necessities that should be supported to ensure the long-term economic development of the country and the well-being of its people. It is an incontrovertible
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By Paul O’Keeffe Global Research Detention under spurious charges in Ethiopia is nothing new. With the second highest rate of imprisoned journalists in Africa[1] and arbitrary detention for anyone who openly objects to the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) regime’s despotic iron fist, the Western backed government in Addis Ababa is a dab hand
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ENA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The government of Ethiopia andWorld Bankyesterday signed financial agreement amounting to 203 million USD for the development ofgeothermal energy. Of the total amount 178.5 million USD is provided in the form of loan, while the balance (24.5 million USD) is donation. The assistance will enable Ethiopia develop its geothermal energy resources
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By Nael M Shama Ahram Online Although Egypt is a political powerhouse in the Middle East, its foreign policy hardly reflects that. Under its longtime president Hosni Mubarak, Egypt receded into a long phase of quietism and withdrawal. Mubarak is gone, but “Mubarakism without Mubarak” has persisted, even under the short-lived rule of Islamist president
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C. NDUTA MG Africa Ge’ez is the only original African script taught and used widely in everyday interaction – in Ethiopia and Eritrea. It is also the most successful. Followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. The native African script of Ge’ez is itself extinct, used only on the liturgy of Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox churches.
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U.S. Embassy in Addis Abeba As stated in Ethiopia’s Country Specific Information, following the failed October 2013 bombing attempt in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for which the U.S. government-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization al-Shabaab claimed responsibility, the U.S. Embassy received reports that ALL individuals of Somali origin, including naturalized American citizens, were being stopped for questioning when
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U.S. Embassy in Addis Abeba As stated in Ethiopia’s Country Specific Information, following the failed October 2013 bombing attempt in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for which the U.S. government-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization al-Shabaab claimed responsibility, the U.S. Embassy received reports that ALL individuals of Somali origin, including naturalized American citizens, were being stopped for questioning when
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By Ian Lyall Proactiveinvestors.co.uk KEFI Minerals (LON:KEFI) has announced it is acquiring the 25% of the Tulu Kapi licence in Ethiopia it doesn’t already own from Nyota Minerals (LON:NYO) for £1.5mln in cash and shares. The deal follows the initial purchase of its majority stake last year for £4.5mln. Kefi also announced plans for a
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