By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee overwhelmingly passed legislation on Wednesday to ease tight U.S. controls on aid to Egypt, which was largely cut off after Egypt’s military ousted President Mohamed Mursi last summer.…
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By Andrew Green, Reuters December 19, 2013 JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan’s army said it had lost control of the flashpoint town of Bor on Wednesday, its first acknowledged reversal in three days of clashes between rival groups of soldiers…
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Tanzania Daily News 19 DECEMBER 2013 ELEVEN illegal immigrants from Ethiopia have been arrested in a guest house where they were hiding at Mlele Village, Mashati Ward, Rombo District, in Kilimanjaro Region on Monday. The Kilimanjaro Regional Police Commander (RPC),…
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Walta Info Addis Ababa, 19 December 2013 – The Council of Amhara Regional State has elected Gedu Andargachew as chief administrator of the regional state. Gedu replaced Ayalew Gobeze, who had served the state as chief administrator for the past…
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By Selipha Kihagi Wed, December 18th, humanipo Cc courtesy of photographia, on Flickr. The Bank of Abyssinia (BOA) in Ethiopia is set to offer its clients ATM and Point of Sale (PoS) services by June next year in a bid to expand…
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By Eric Reeves, 18 December 2013 It must be said first that there is a great deal that we don’t know about events that began in Juba Saturday, December 14. Indeed, it appears that there is more of importance that we don’t…
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Information was just received from a regular airline source in Tanzania that Ethiopian Airlines apparently had an unscheduled landing of a B767-300ER at the Arusha Municipal Airport around 13.15 hrs local time. The airport’s runway is reportedly only 1.620 metres…
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