By Juliet Eilperin and David Nakamura President Obama embarks on a trip to Africa this week that includes a controversial stop in Ethiopia, where the authoritarian government has come under sharp international criticism for its handling of political dissent. The Ethiopia visit has raised hackles among human rights advocates who question the administration’s level
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AFP – Last month’s al-Shabaab assault on a AMISOM base left dozens of Burundian soldiers dead in one of the deadliest incidents in eight years ago. AFRICAN Union troops said Sunday they had launched a new offensive against Al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabaab rebels in southern Somalia, vowing to flush the insurgents out of rural areas. The African
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Mogadishu – The leader of Somalia’s al-Qaeda-affiliated Shabaab rebels on Friday issued an Eid message calling for a wave of new recruits in order to “lift the pain of Muslims” across East Africa. In a statement that underscored the group’s ambition to expand its operations, Shabaab leader Ahmed Diriye, also known as Ahmed Umar Abu
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By LAUREN FRENCH Half a dozen lawmakers will travel with Barack Obama to Kenya and Ethiopia next week in what is the president’s first trip to his ancestral homeland since being elected. The White House invited a large contingent of lawmakers, prominently members of the Congressional Black Caucus, to join him on the Africa trip.
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By David Monda President Obama is due to visit Kenya and Ethiopia later in July 2015. While the media all over goes crazy celebrating this visit, it is certain that it raises more questions than answers. Fundamentally the question remains, will Obama’s visit change the peripheral place of Africa in the US foreign policy? My
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By David Monda President Obama is due to visit Kenya and Ethiopia later in July 2015. While the media all over goes crazy celebrating this visit, it is certain that it raises more questions than answers. Fundamentally the question remains, will Obama’s visit change the peripheral place of Africa in the US foreign policy? My
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Nairobi (AFP) – President Barack Obama’s Kenyan grandmother, known as Mama Sarah, vowed Friday to cook a traditional meal for her grandson when he visits the East African nation, the birthplace of his father, later this month. “With regards to what food I will prepare for Barack on his visit, I will prepare all the
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Nairobi (AFP) – President Barack Obama’s Kenyan grandmother, known as Mama Sarah, vowed Friday to cook a traditional meal for her grandson when he visits the East African nation, the birthplace of his father, later this month. “With regards to what food I will prepare for Barack on his visit, I will prepare all the
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It’s official that US President Barrack Obama will be on his first official visit to Kenya this July and many Kenyans are excited about this but even as most of us celebrate the good news that the world’s most powerful leader is coming to Kenya, his 8 hour visit will bring business to a stand-still
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Nairobi – Ethiopia has apologized for invading Kenya last month and taking over a police station, saying that the incident took place by mistake. Police said the incident at Illeret Police Station in North Horr Moyale, where, armed with AK47 rifles, the Ethiopians arrived in 10 vehicles, disembarked and took strategic positions around the police
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