Former president of Ethiopian Somali regional, state arrested due to human rights abuse

In an extraordinary session, it held yesterday, the Council of Ethiopian Somali regional, state stripped immunity of seven of its members, including Abdi Mohamed Omar. Mr Abdi Mohamud Omar The former Somali government of Ethiopia has been withdrawn from a residential neighbourhood in Addis Ababa and has been at the forefront of the prison. The

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Increased investment in security, soaring Kenya’s tourism

Kenya’s tourism industry is increasingly driving exports and providing foreign exchange, earning the country tourism expenditures of about 1.2 billion US dollars in 2017. This represented a 20% increase from approximately 989 million US dollars in 2016, according to a hospitality report by Jumia Travel. This improving sector performance is being facilitated by various factors,

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US delivers new Chinook helicopter to Turkey despite F-35 problem

Turkey has started to receive the second batch of CH-47 Chinook heavy transport helicopters from the U.S., despite the ongoing crisis with the country regarding delivery of F-35 jets. The Presidency of the Defense Industry announced that the first of five helicopters, part of the second delivery of Chinooks, entered the inventory of the Turkish

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Mogadishu streets locked down Police seized a car packed with explosives

Somalia’s capital Mogadishu was under security lockdown Monday, with roads closed a day after the Police seized a car packed with explosives near the office of the city’s mayor. Hundreds of security forces have been deployed on the main roads in the capital, including Jubba, Afisyoni, El-Gabta junctions and as well as areas around Mogadishu

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Ethiopia’s prime minister, Said Political prisoners in Somali Region were kept with lions and Hyenas, a form of torture. In Ogaden jail

Ethiopia’s prime minister, Dr Abiy Ahmed, has held a press conference in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. Somali regional government arrested political prisoners along with Lions and Hyena. And it was meant to be a form of torture. Revealed information that shocked Ethiopians to the core. Somali regional government arrested political prisoners along with Lions

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What Uhuru will be seeking from talks with Trump and May

President Uhuru Kenyatta has turned a blind eye to the political problems facing US and UK leaders in their backyards as he prepares to meet them next week in part to cement trade and diplomatic ties between Kenya and the two nations. Diplomats told the Nation that the President in his visit to Washington tomorrow

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Canada’s backlogged asylum system is ‘not sustainable,’ immigration minister says in leaked letter

Ottawa — The number of people seeking asylum in Canada is rising “far beyond” what the existing system can handle, according to a recent letter from Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussein obtained by the National Post. “Without changes to improve efficiency and productivity of the asylum process, wait times and backlogs will only continue to grow,”

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VW to offer all-electric car sharing service in Germany’s Berlin

Volkswagen said Thursday it’s launching an all-electric car sharing service in Berlin using its battery-powered Golf and Up! models as it seeks to build a business serving people in big cities who don’t own cars. The company said that it planned to expand its” We Share” project to big cities in Europe and North America

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Ethiopia: Aid needed for more than 900,000 people displaced by violence in the south

More than 900,000 people have fled a recent surge in violence between communities in southern Ethiopia, with many displaced people living in rough conditions and in urgent need of humanitarian aid, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. MSF is responding to urgent medical and humanitarian needs among displaced

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Thomas Cook evacuates 300 from Egyptian hotel after couple’s deaths

Britain’s Thomas Cook (TCG.L) said it was evacuating all 301 of its customers from a hotel in Egypt’s popular Red Sea resort of Hurghada as a precautionary measure after two of its holidaymakers died in circumstances it said were still unclear. Local officials said on Friday both deaths were from heart failure. John Cooper, 69,

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