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Witness: air strike kills dozens in Ethiopia’s Tigray region

File Photo: Credit Pinterest SU-27 of the Ethiopian Air Force. By Katharine Houreld An air strike killed dozens of people in a the town of Tagogon in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, an eyewitness and a medical official told Reuters on Wednesday, a day after residents said new fighting had flared in recent days north of the

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4 Khashoggi killers received paramilitary training in US: Report

Saudi operatives received training from Tier 1 Group in 2017, year before Saudi journalist’s gruesome murder Four Saudi operatives who were part of a hit team that murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi received paramilitary training from a private US company approved by the State Department, according to a report Tuesday. Citing documents and people familiar

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Expose: Ahmed Rashid corrupt police officer in Nairobi

Photo: Credit Facebook Ahmed Rashid is a rogue police officer in Nairobi, who acts in the interests of his own frustrating Somali business owners in Eastleigh district, Nairobi, Kenya. Ahmed Rashid harass and extortion of Somali business owners, and Kenyan officials are watching Ahmed Rashid committing crimes against his own Somali people in Eastleigh. Ahmed

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Saudi Arabia: Police detain thousands of Ethiopians, regardless of documentation

Ethiopian migrants said they witnessed Saudi police break into homes and arrest those found inside (Reuters/file photo) By Zecharias Zelalem Over 10 days, Saudi police have snatched Ethiopian migrants and residents from streets, homes and cafes, often using violence A Saudi police crackdown targeting majority-migrant neighbourhoods has led to the arrests of thousands of Ethiopians

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Princess Latifa: Instagram image appears to show Dubai ruler’s daughter in Spain

A photograph that appears to show Dubai princess Sheika Latifa in Spain. Photograph: shinnybryn/Instagram Princess, who was seized trying to flee the sheikhdom in 2018, has appeared in several social media posts in recent months A Dubai princess who has been the subject of concern from a United Nations panel after being seized trying to

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Ethiopia votes in greatest electoral test yet for Abiy

Ethiopians queue to cast their votes in the general election, next to a national flag, at a polling center in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia was voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as insecurity and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn’t be cast in

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Iran’s sole nuclear power plant undergoes emergency shutdown

File – In this Oct. 26, 2010 file photo, a worker rides a bicycle in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr. Iran’s sole nuclear power plant has undergone a temporary emergency shutdown, state TV reported on Sunday, June 20, 2021. An official from

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Kidnapped Nairobi woman rescued alive

The family said the people holding Hafsa had made a ransom demand of Sh5 million or they kill her. The captors sent a video to the family showing Hafsa badly injured on her face and had her eyes covered by a piece of clothe. They sent at least three videos and messages to the family.

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Sudan rules out force to stop Ethiopia’s second filling of Renaissance Dam

Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani (R) is welcomed by Sudanese Foreign Minister Mariam Sadiq Al-Mahdi (L) upon his arrival in Khartoum, Sudan on May 24, 2021 [Mahmoud Hjaj/Anadolu Agency] Sudanese Foreign Minister Mariam Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi ruled out using force to stop Ethiopia’s second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Sudanese media

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Kenya MP Yusuf Hassan calls Somalis to be vigilant of kidnapping-murder increases

Photo: Credit Facebook Somali MP in Kenya’s parliament have launched a strong effort to do something against Somali girls being kidnapped-businessmen being murdered in the country started in Nairobi. Somalis and foreigners become targets in Kenya. Yusuf Hassan Abdi elected Kamukunji where the most severe kidnapping has been revealed that security forces in Kenya discussed

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