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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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Why Namibian Chiefs Are Right In Rejecting Germany’s “Insulting” €1.1 Billion Genocide Package

Genocide By Takudzwa Hillary Chiwanza The murders, now classified as genocide, were punishment for the uprising. Last month, an agreement was finalized (after six years of negotiations) in which Germany officially acknowledged that its colonial occupation over Namibia amounted to genocide. Germany made a promise of €1.1 billion ($1.34 billion) in financial aid as a

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Judiciary chief Raeisi set to become Iran’s new president

Of the 29 million votes cast, Raeisi leading with 17 million Iran’s judiciary chief and the top conservative candidate, Ebrahim Raeisi, looks all but certain to romp home victorious in the country’s presidential election. According to Anadolu Agency report. As per preliminary vote count of the 29 million votes cast in Friday’s presidential election, Raeisi

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President Uhuru Kenyatta on two-day state visit to Turkey

President Uhuru Kenyatta at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF) in Turkey. By Jacob Ngetich President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday joined other Heads of State and Government at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF) in Turkey. The president, who is on a two-day official visit at the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, arrived in the Turkish

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