Ethiopia’s Abiy denies guerrilla war emerging in Tigray

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed denied on Monday that a rebellious northern force his troops have battled for over a month would have the capacity to mount a guerrilla war from the mountains of Tigray. Federal troops have captured the regional capital Mekelle from the former local ruling party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF),

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International Community, Somali leaders discuss election and security issues

Photo/Somali Times The Somalia Partnership Forum between the Federal Government of Somalia, regional administrations and the international community has recently opened at Amisom Headquarters in Mogadishu. Discusses a variety of issues, including the political situation in the country, political parties, and progress has been made in support of the following plans. The Prime Minister of

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EU to consider making good on sanctions threat against Turkey

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan arrives for a meeting with EU Council President Charles Michel in Brussels, Belgium March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU foreign ministers will evaluate grounds for sanctions against Turkey over a Mediterranean gas dispute on Monday before the bloc’s leaders decide whether to make good on their threat to

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UAE target of cyber attacks after Israel deal, official says

Photo: Credit Pinterest. The United Arab Emirates was the target of cyber attacks after establishing formal ties with Israel, the Gulf Arab state’s cyber security head said on Sunday. The UAE in August broke with decades of Arab policy when it agreed to forge ties with Israel in a move that angered Palestinians and some

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UK gears up for huge vaccination plan watched by the world

Nurses at the Royal Free Hospital, London, simulate the administration of the Pfizer vaccine to support staff training ahead of the rollout, in London, Friday Dec. 4, 2020. (Yui Mok/Pool Photo via AP) By PAN PYLAS LONDON (AP) — The coronavirus vaccine developed by American drugmaker Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech was being sent to hospitals

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UK races to deport asylum seekers ahead of Brexit

Home secretary Priti Patel. Campaigners say they have evidence of cases are being rushed through to avoid Patel’s published policy on identifying trafficking victims. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA By Mark Townsend From January Britain can no longer return them to the EU, but the rush for the deadline may be denying them a proper screening Scores

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Farmajo held a press conference in Mogadishu to re-elect himself as next President.

Photo/Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, addressed a press conference in Mogadishu. The president first praised the government of Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble for its efforts to be re-elect President Farmajo. Farmajo also sent a message to the Jubaland and Puntland administrations, which have not yet appointed

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‘March of Liberties’ protests turn violent in Paris

Second weekend of demonstrations against police brutality, new global security bill rife with vandalism, police injuies Demonstrators took to the streets Saturday across France in The March of Liberties, to protest police brutality and a new global security bill making its way through parliament. ”The “StoptheSecurityLaw” motto has taken hold by those protesting. It was

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Military planes to fly vaccines in to Britain to avoid ports hit by Brexit

Boris Johnson and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will talk again on Monday. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/Reuters By Toby Helm , Daniel Boffey & Michael Savage Officials fear delays even after EU deal as Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen order talks to resume Tens of millions of doses of the Covid-19 vaccine

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Historians sue Trump administration to stop ‘bonfire of records in the Rose Garden’

President Trump holds a sheet of paper with the names of four U.S. companies worth over a trillion dollars in February. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP) By Gillian Brockell Two historian groups, an independent archive and a watchdog organization are suing President Trump and other administration officials to ensure compliance with records laws, the groups announced this

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