The small protest was quickly dispersed by police The US has denied claims that it is funding attempts to “topple” the Kenyan government, amid worsening relations between the two countries. Kenya’s cabinet Secretary Francis Kimemia accused US development agency USAid…
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İSTANBUL, TODAY’S ZAMAN Turkey responded on Thursday to Egyptian criticism on the construction of a controversial dam on the Blue Nile River, saying the accusations against the Turkish government are baseless. The Ethiopian dam, called the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam,…
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By Margaret Besheer, VOA February 13, 2014 The Committee to Protect Journalists on Wednesday released its annual Attacks on the Press report, which describes 2013 as a deadly and dangerous year for journalists, with 70 killed and more than 200…
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02/13/14 ABDI GULED MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) – A car bomb exploded close to a convoy of United Nations vehicles near Mogadishu’s international airport on Thursday, killing six Somalis on the street, officials said. Al-Qaida-linked militants claimed responsibility. A U.N. vehicle…
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FEBRUARY 13, 2014 By Meg Lowman “The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The next best time is now.” — African proverb I’m swallowing mouthfuls of dust each day driving long distances through a landscape parched by…
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JERUSALEM,Feb. 13 (Xinhua) — Israel Chemicals (ICL), the world’s sixth largest potash producer, announced Thursday it will partner with Allana Potash of Canada to develop a potash mine in Ethiopia. The so-called Danakhil potash project is located in the Dallol…
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By Collins Okinyo Ethiopia’s long serving captain Degu Debebe has called it quits from International football just days after the head coach Sewnet Bishaw was sacked. The soft spoken St. George defender has alluded to the fact that he felt…
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Feb 13, 2014 World Bulletin Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said Wednesday that Egypt would be on the losing side if it referred the issue of Ethiopia’s multibillion-dollar hydroelectric dam project to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). “We’re ready…
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02/13/14 MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) – Police in Somalia say a car bomb explosion near Mogadishu’s airport has killed at least three people and wounded five. Police Capt. Mohamed Hussein said the blast Thursday was detonated by remote control at the…
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02/13/14 Field Marshal Sisi (left centre) is in Moscow to negotiate a $2bn arms deal with Russia Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has said he backs Egypt’s military chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi in his “bid for the presidency”. Mr Putin, meeting…
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