Ethiopia’s Sidama chooses an autonomous rule
The results pave the way for Sidama to become a 10th state of the African country. The Sidama people have demanded for years to leave...
Month : November 2019
Canada detains Tanzania’s airplane
An aeroplane being delivered to Tanzania’s national airline has been impounded in Canada over a Namibian-born farmer’s $33-million compensation claim, Tanzania’s foreign minister said Saturday....
Turkey offers $700,000 bounty for Mohammed Dahlan
Ankara puts Palestinian on most-wanted list, accuses exiled former Fatah official of involvement in 2016 coup attempt. Dahlan has been living in exile in the...
Sacha Baron Cohen: Facebook would have let Hitler buy anti-Semitic ads
British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen has said if Facebook had existed in the 1930s it would have allowed Hitler a platform for his anti-Semitic beliefs....
How Powerful Is Somalia’s ELITE
By Hassan Mudane “Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails and where any one class is made to feel that society...
EACC probe reveals millions wired into Sonko’s accounts
By Paul Ogemba Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko at a past event. After months of investigation, the anti-corruption agency has flagged transactions through which it claims...
Lawyer shot dead in court after gun presented as evidence accidentally fired
SOUTH AFRICA Police investigating incident as culpable homicide The lawyer was pronounced dead in hospital after the gun fired in court ( Facebook –...
Algerians reject December presidential vote
Demonstrators take to the streets for the 40th consecutive week, demanding cancellation of December 12 election. The Algerian military says the election is the only...
Saudi Princess says Islamophobia is “a mindset”
It was the United Arab Emirates’ first President, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who declared to his young nation that “tolerance...
Who are the modern slaves?
Opinion Monique Villa Monique Villa is a journalist based in London. She is a former CEO of the Thomson Reuters Foundation. In...