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  • Seven Ethiopian armed groups just joined forces to overthrow the government, and here is what you need to understand

    Photo Credit: The New York Times By The African Exponent Seven Ethiopian armed opposition groups announced a coalition called the Ethiopian Peoples’ Forces Coalition for Survival. The bloc

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  • Top South African journalist Roshan Reddy and fixer Kooki Mahmoud missing in Djibouti

    Roshan Micah Reddy South African investigative journalist Roshan Micah Reddy and his local fixer, Kooki Mahmoud, have been reported missing in Djibouti, prompting calls for authorities to

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  • Yemen’s Houthis claim attack on Riyadh, heralding escalation in tensions with Saudi Arabia

    By Xinhua News Agency Yemen’s Houthi group said Saturday that it had launched large-scale attacks targeting the Saudi capital Riyadh and Yanbu, a major industrial and energy hub on Saudi

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  • The US sanctions South Africa over their own land reform laws, the question nobody in Washington wants to answer

    Credit Photo File By The African Exponent The Trump administration just told South Africa’s government that trying to fix apartheid’s unfinished business counts as racism now. Actual

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  • US gives UN more time to end support for Somalia peacekeepers

    By Reuters The United States has agreed to give the UN another ​year to wind down its support for African peacekeepers in Somalia, a document showed – a move that gives some ‌breathing

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Seven Ethiopian armed groups just joined forces to overthrow the government, and here is what you need to understand

Photo Credit: The New York Times By The African Exponent Seven Ethiopian armed opposition groups announced a coalition called the Ethiopian Peoples’ Forces Coalition for Survival. The bloc

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Trump says Egypt may ‘blow up’ Ethiopia dam

US President Donald Trump announced on Friday a normalisation deal between Sudan and Israel (AFP) US President Donald Trump voiced anger at Ethiopia over its construction of a huge dam on the

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3 soldiers dead, several people hurt in Somalia blast

Militant group al-Shabaab claims attack on security checkpoint near capital Mogadishu At least three soldiers died and several more people, including civilians, have been wounded in a blast at a

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Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte accepts responsibility for the killings in drug crackdown

In this photo provided by the Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte attends a meeting at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines

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