KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) – Several Kenyan police officers were killed in an attack Monday night by suspected Somali militants in the northeastern Garissa county, where 148 students were massacred last month, police said Tuesday. A police spokesman, George Kimoti, confirmed there was an attack in the Garissa region, and two security officials said many police
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Ethiopia’s elections have been overshadowed by criticism of the government’s human rights record. Fair enough, it’s a poor record. But this kind of one-dimensional thinking misses the point entirely. Far from tearing Ethiopia down, we should be looking at all the things this country is doing right. By SIMON ALLISON. On Sunday, Ethiopians voted in
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By IAAF Ethiopia’s Aberu Mekuria won the Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon on Sunday (24) with the second-fastest time in the history of the IAAF Silver Label Road Race, while compatriot Girmay Birhanu won the men’s race in what was his fourth marathon in seven months. Mekuria took almost half a minute off her PB to win
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AFP By Karim Lebhour For years the Horn of Africa nation Djibouti was seen by foreign powers as a far-flung military outpost overlooking the Gulf of Aden, but now the strategic port wants to capitalise on its key position on one of the world's busiest shipping lanes Djibouti (AFP) – For years the Horn of
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By Prof Yossi Mekelberg Chatham House, BBC From the section Middle East Israelis from the Ethiopian community take part in a protest against alleged police brutality and institutionalised discrimination in Haifa in May 2015 Israelis from the Ethiopian community protest in Haifa The story of the immigration and absorption of Ethiopian Jews in Israel epitomises
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Addis Ababa (AFP) – Ethiopia’s quiet premier, Hailemariam Desalegn, whose powerful party is expected to return to office in elections Sunday, is a onetime technocrat with a modern bent who was little known a few years ago. The 49-year-old Hailemariam has overseen a smooth transition in the vast Horn of Africa nation, the continent’s oldest
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Ethiopia’s election is a wake-up call on human rights and sound governance The international community must challenge Ethiopia’s oppressive regime by funding local human rights and democracy groups Election rally by the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) in Addis Ababa, 21 May 2015. An election rally staged by the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front
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By Karim Lebhour Addis Ababa (AFP) – Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most populous country, holds general elections Sunday, the first since the death of long-time strongman Meles Zenawi whose successor Hailemariam Desalegn is seen as all but certain to stay in office. Over 36.8 million Ethiopians have registered for the polls, considered by the international community as
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