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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is received as he arrives at the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa By Giulia Paravicini ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The United States will provide financial assistance to Ethiopia as it pursues political reforms, the office of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Tuesday during a visit by Read more
18 February 2020 Voice of America (Washington, DC) By Simon Marks U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the African Union chairman Tuesday in Addis Ababa at the end of a whirlwind Africa tour that included Senegal and Angola. Pompeo’s first official visit to Africa aims to strengthen commercial Read more
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Russia would not legalize gay marriage as long as he was in the Kremlin. He made clear he would not allow the traditional notion of mother and father to be subverted by what he called “parent number 1” and “parent number 2”. “As far as ‘parent Read more
By Stephanie Nebehay and Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – China’s coronavirus outbreak poses a “very grave threat for the rest of the world” and should be viewed as “Public Enemy Number 1”, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged countries to step up measures Read more
A Pakistani court has sentenced former military ruler Gen Pervez Musharraf to death in absentia for treason over his 2007 imposition of emergency rule. Such a verdict is a first in a country with a history of army rule. The military reacted angrily, saying legal process “seems to have been ignored”. The general seized power Read more
How the rule of law is working in Philippine MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine national police chief resigned on Monday after he faced allegations in a Senate hearing that he intervened as a provincial police chief in 2013 to prevent his officers from being prosecuted for allegedly selling a huge quantity of illegal Read more
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian lawmakers on Saturday revised election laws to pave the way for polls next year, but some opposition parties said the changes would make it more difficult for them to challenge the ruling coalition. One of the main amendments raised the number of signatures required to register a national political party Read more
