UN council to ‘act immediately’ if S. Sudan peace deal not signed

By Carole Landry United Nations (United States) (AFP) – The UN Security Council on Tuesday piled pressure on South Sudan’s president, warning it was ready to “act immediately” if he does not sign a deal to end the 20-month war ripping apart the world’s youngest nation. President Salva Kiir is scheduled to sign the power-sharing

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South Sudan President Salva Kiir would sign a peace deal with his rival

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — South Sudan President Salva Kiir has assured U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that he would sign a peace deal with his rival within days, the State Department said Wednesday, as fighting resumed in parts of the country. During a telephone call, Kiir assured the top American diplomat that he would

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South Sudan President Salva Kiir would sign a peace deal with his rival

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — South Sudan President Salva Kiir has assured U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that he would sign a peace deal with his rival within days, the State Department said Wednesday, as fighting resumed in parts of the country. During a telephone call, Kiir assured the top American diplomat that he would

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Eritrea – Paths out of isolation

By Annette Weber, SWP Berline Two decades after achieving independence from Ethiopia, Eritrea is back in the European headlines above –all for a wave of refugees arriving in Europe. At the same time, a recent United Nations Commission on Human Rights report accuses the Eritrean regime of gross human rights violations. President Isayas Afewerki sees

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Some Ethiopian troops in Somalia not under AU mission

By ABDULKADIR KHALIF, AFRICA REVIEW Correspondent in Mogadishu Ethiopian troops patrol at the entrance of an abandoned building in Baidoa, Somalia. An Amisom Sector four commander indicated that some Ethiopian troops receive orders from Addis Ababa and do not operate under Amisom. PHOTO | FILE |  AFP Some of the Ethiopian soldiers operating in Central

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Yemeni Forces Arrest Ethiopian Migrants in Women’s Dress

An Ansarullah security official said on Friday that the country’s intelligence and popular forces have arrested a Saudi-linked group of Ethiopian men who attempted to sneak into the capital, Sana’a, in women’s clothing to carry out terrorist attacks. “The Yemeni intelligence forces alongside the popular committees identified and arrested a terrorist band affiliated to the

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AMISOM oust Shabaab militants from Somali town

A joint Ethiopian and Djibouti contingent under the AMISOM peacekeeping force has dislodged al-Shabaab militants from the Somali town of Algen, APA can report on Wednesday.Algen city has been a stronghold of the militants since 2005. Residents of the town were quoted as saying that they had been treated inhumanly by Shabaab fighters. When al-Shabaab

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US, UK, World Bank Among Aid Donors Complicit in Ethiopia’s War on Indigenous Tribes

US, UK, World Bank Among Aid Donors Complicit in Ethiopia’s War on Indigenous Tribes, Opening the Way to International Agribusiness By Will Hurd Source: Global Research USAID, the UK’s DFID and the World Bank are among those covering up for severe human rights abuses against indigenous peoples in Ethiopia’s Omo Valley, inflicted during forced evictions

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The secret to Ethiopia’s counterterrorism success

Obama has expressed keen interest in learning from Ethiopia’s counterterrorism and counterinsurgency strategies. After the fanfare accorded to the United States President Barack Obama by Kenya, the last stop was Ethiopia. Of grand symbolic importance, Obama’s visit to East Africa was clearly historic, as he is the first sitting US president to do so. A

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The secret to Ethiopia’s counterterrorism success

Obama has expressed keen interest in learning from Ethiopia’s counterterrorism and counterinsurgency strategies. After the fanfare accorded to the United States President Barack Obama by Kenya, the last stop was Ethiopia. Of grand symbolic importance, Obama’s visit to East Africa was clearly historic, as he is the first sitting US president to do so. A

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