August 17, 2013, Nairobi (The Star) — More than 3,000 families have fled their homes at the Kenya-Ethiopia border following increased tension after 10 fishermen …
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Somalia deal raises concerns about oil risks
Oil & Gas The signing of the new Somali government’s first oil contract with an untested company linked to a British peer raises concerns …
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At least four people have been killed after a military aircraft burst into flames moments after landing at the international airport in the Somali capital Mogadishu. …
Read More »Ethiopian Muslims celebrate Eid with protests
listen to ‘Ethiopian Muslims celebrate Eid with protests’ on Audioboo It’s the end of the long month of fasting for Muslims around the world …
Read More »‘Snowden is whistleblower, not traitor’ – US lawmaker
US Rep. Justin Amash on Sunday defended National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden as a “whistleblower.” Amash, R-Mich., acknowledged that Congress was aware that US …
Read More »Sinking Down Roots
By Elizabeth Redden Francis Chachu Ganya grew up in a nomadic, Oromo-speaking community in the arid northern reaches of Kenya along the Ethiopian border. It would seem unlikely that he would …
Read More »How British women are joining the jihad in Syria
Exclusive: “Maryam” is a British woman who has moved to Syria to join the anti-Assad rebels. She can use a Kalashnikov and would like to …
Read More »The Oromo and the War on Terror in the Horn of Africa
The Oromo and other long-suffering communities do not want independence but to be treated as citizens of the state. In August 2011, Bekele Gerba, an …
Read More »African exhibit finds home at American Swedish Institute
by Nikki Tundel, Minnesota Public Radio July 10, 2013 LISTEN EMBED | HELP ST. PAUL, Minn. — When it comes to African art exhibits, for many people, the …
Read More »Boeing-plan kraschlandade i San Francisco
A Boeing 777 aircraft, belonging to Asiana Airlines, crashed on Saturday at San Francisco International Airport in the U.S. state of California. Evidence suggests that …
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