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Rwandan dissident singer Kizito Mihigo found dead in custody: police

Rwandan musician Kizito Mihigo, pictured speaking to the media after being arrested in April 2014 on charges of threatening state security (AFP Photo/STEPHANIE AGLIETTI) Rwandan musician Kizito Mihigo, pictured speaking to the media after being arrested in April 2014 on charges of threatening state security Mihigo, pictured on his release from Kigali’s Nyarugenge prison in Read more

DEMOCRATIC RESILIENCE
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SHARP POWER AND DEMOCRATIC RESILIENCE SERIES

Published on February 12, 2020 ABOUT THE SHARP POWER AND DEMOCRATIC RESILIENCE SERIES: As globalization deepens integration between democracies and autocracies, the compromising effects of sharp power—which impairs free expression, neutralizes independent institutions, and distorts the political environment—have grown apparent across crucial sectors of open societies. The Sharp Power and Democratic Resilience series is an Read more

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Sudan: Sudanese official says al-Bashir to be handed over to ICC

Sudan FILE – In this July 9, 2018 file photo, Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir attends a ceremony for Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey. A top Sudanese official said Monday, Feb. 11, 2020, that transitional authorities and rebel groups have agreed to hand over al-Bashir to the International Criminal Read more

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South Sudan’s leader wins dubious ‘spoiler of peace’ award

Ethiopia African Union Summit South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir arrives for the opening session of the 33rd African Union (AU) Summit at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020. Topics on the table for discussion included the situations in Libya and Sudan, as well as President Donald Trump’s Middle East initiative. Read more

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Itangar: Capital Police carried flag march for peaceful, free and fair election

Itanagar – Flag marches with banners for free, fair and peaceful elections conducted by Capital Police at both Itanagar and Naharlagun areas. Flag march in Itanagar covered areas between Bank Tinali to Ganga including critical polling stations (e.g Commissioner Tax and excise, Donyi Polo Vidhya Bhavan school building, EE (PWD) Div -III, Govt M. E Read more

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Ethiopia: Burger King to Join Ethiopian Market

Burger King to join Ethiopian market 8 February 2020 By Samuel Getachew Burger King, an American giant multinational fast food chain restaurant, with a dwindling market share in an ever health conscious and competitive American food market, has teamed up with Belayab Foods Production, owner of Pizza Hut chain restaurants for its operations in Ethiopia. Aschalew Read more

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Ethiopia Starts Oil Production From Ogaden Basin

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia- Chinese state-owned enterprise Poly Group is working with another Chinese company, Golden Concord Group, to develop oil and gas projects in Ethiopia. The conglomerate, named POLY-GCL, began extracting from the Ogaden Basin, located on Somalia’s border, this May. Construction of a 550km pipeline pumping gas to the Port of Djibouti is underway, Read more

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Malawi court nullifies presidential election results, orders fresh poll

The challenge was brought by Lazarus Chakwera (left) and Saulos Chilima (centre) against President Peter Mutharika (right)   Malawi’s Constitutional Court on Monday nullified the results of last year’s presidential election, citing “widespread, systematic and grave” irregularities including significant use of correction fluid to alter the outcome. The two leading opposition candidates had challenged the Read more

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The continental African passport promised to roll out in 2020 can only improve mobility in Africa

It’s still up in the air whether the African Union can keep its promise to deliver a continental passport by the end of the year. The travel document would allow visa-free travel between the Union’s 55 member countries. In addition, as Europeans and Asians increasingly travelled to nearby countries, in recent years, African figures remained Read more

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Ethiopians are slamming their government for not stopping China flights

Ethiopians are slamming their government for not stopping China flights: With the death toll of Coronavirus now having passed 300, and more than 14,000 infections confirmed, WHO has declared the virus a global health emergency. With countries including Australia, Japan and the US imposing travel restrictions on those who have recently traveled to the country Read more

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United States,the World Bank reportedly threatening Ethiopia over dam talk

The United States and The World reportedly standing in guard of Egyptian interest. Their proposals in the negotiation in Washington said to be one that affects the interest of Ethiopia. The Water Ministers and Foreign Ministers from Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan, as well as experts, have been discussing the final document to be signed regarding Read more

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Kenya Hospital Quarantines Student with Coronavirus-like Symptoms

NAIROBI – A student who arrived in Kenya from China Tuesday has been quarantined in Nairobi after exhibiting coronavirus-like symptoms. Kenya Airways, the airline that the patient flew, said the decision to quarantine him was made by health authorities at Nairobi’s Jommo Kenyatta International Airport. A Kenyan student who returned home from China Tuesday is Read more

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Olika Adugna Bikila, Worknesh Degefa Debele win as Ethiopians continue to dominate Dubai Marathon

Olika Adugna Bikila won the men’s Dubai Marathon on Friday ahead of Kenyan Eric Kiprono Kiptanui and Ethiopian compatriot Tsedat Abeje Ayana as the top 11 runners finished the race inside two hours and seven minutes Ethiopians dominated the 21st edition of the race, with 10 of the top 11 finishers, and it was the Read more

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Gambia launches crackdown on protest movement

Tension has been building in The Gambia over Adama Barrow’s decision to stay in office for five years after initially pledging to step down after three (AFP Photo/Seyllou) Banjul (Gambia) (AFP) – The Gambian government on Sunday launched a crackdown on a weeks-old movement demanding the departure of President Adama Barrow, following violent demonstrations in Read more

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Africa: Ethiopia, Riparian States Inch Closer to Deal Over Nile Water Use

Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt have moved closer to formalising a water-sharing deal over the Nile after technical teams meeting in Khartoum drew up a draft agreement. At the end of a consultative meeting on Thursday, the technical teams from the three countries said they had included observations reached when the countries’ ministers met in Washington Read more

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Lesotho’s murder mystery, Prime Minister Tom Thabane and his estranged wife

Lesotho’s prime minister Tom Thabane and his wife are caught up in a murder investigation involving allegations so sinister that they have the makings of a crime novel. Pumza Fihlani tries to unpack the mystery from the capital of the southern African nation, Maseru. People are going about their business in the city, vegetable vendors Read more

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Trump’s new travel ban ‘targets’ Eritrea, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania

Four African nations are targets of a new travel ban by United States president Donald Trump, multiple news sources have reported. An official announcement is expected by next week. Incidentally, only one of the quartet is a Muslim-majority nation i.e. Sudan. The others are Eritrea, Nigeria and Tanzania. During an engagement on the sidelines of Read more

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Ethiopia and Guinea reached an agreement to embark partnership as Abiy visited the country

As Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visits the West African country of Guinea , economic partnership agreements are to be activated in a range of areas. In the morning of Ethiopian Christmas on January 7, 2020, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed hosted lunch in Unity Park, a project that was unveiled in 2019 to revamp tourism Read more

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Despite Trump’s Urging, Egypt, Ethiopia Still Deadlocked on Nile Dam

WASHINGTON – The latest talks hosted by the U.S. Treasury produced some progress but failed to achieve a comprehensive agreement on the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Egypt and Ethiopia are still deadlocked over the dam, despite urging from U.S. President Donald Trump that parties reach a “mutually beneficial agreement.” Read more

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Trump Meets With Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan FMs About The Dam Feud

FILE – The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is seen as it undergoes construction work on the river Nile in Guba Woreda, Benishangul Gumuz Region, Ethiopia, Sept. 26, 2019. WHITE HOUSE – The foreign ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan met Wednesday in Washington with President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to discuss the Read more

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Friction with Cairo over the Israel air defense system for Ethiopia’s Great Nile dam

Israeli firms have finished installing the advanced Spyder-MR air defense system for the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam upstream of the Nile – in the face of discord with Egypt. Cairo has strongly resisted the construction of Ethiopia’s mega-dam as a threat to its water security. It is estimated that the new dam when filled will Read more

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Facts behind Egypt’s water crisis – and why it wants Ethiopian Nile water

As Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia gather in Washington to discuss the Grand Renaissance Dam Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile, it’s important to bear some points in mind. 1. Despite relying almost entirely on the Nile, Egypt has allowed its population to increase exponentially. The Egyptian population grew seven fold in the twentieth century, Read more

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River of the Dammed

River of the Dammed: Ethiopian builders work on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam near the Sudanese-Ethiopian border on March 31, 2015. ZACHARIAS ABUBEKER/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Ethiopia’s continued efforts to dam the Nile could end in war with Egypt. Here’s how to stop that from happening. In October, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Read more