© TOBIN JONES, AU UN IST, AFP | In this handout pictured released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team, Ethopian soldiers, wearing their new African Union berets, ready themselves for departure after a ceremony in Somalia Text by James JEFFREY Latest update : 2016-12-15 Since October, Ethiopia has been withdrawing troops from Somalia. The redeployment highlights problems with ... Read More »
Category Archives: East Africa
U.S.’s Assistant Secretary for Democracy, rights Tom Malinowski’s Presser cancelled in Ethiiopia
የዩናይትድ ስቴትስ የውጭ ጉዳይ ረዳት ሚኒስትር ዛሬ አዲስ አበባ ላይ ሊሰጡት የነበረ መግለጫ ተሠረዘ፡፡ ዋሺንግተን ዲሲ — ትናንት፣ ረቡዕ ታኅሣስ 5/2007 ዓ.ም. ኢትዮጵያ የገባው በዴሞክራሲ፣ የሰብዓዊ መብቶችና የሥራ ረዳት ሚኒስትር ታም ማሊኖውስኪ የሚመራው የዩናይትድ ስቴትስ የውጭ ጉዳይ መሥሪያ ቤት ቡድን ዛሬ ረፋድ ላይ መግለጫ ሊሰጡ በዕቅድ ተይዞ እንደነበር ታውቋል፡፡ ፕሮግራሙ ለምን እንደተሠረዘ አዲስ አበባ የሚገኘው የአሜሪካ ኤምባሲ መግለፅ አለመፈለጉን ከዩናይትድ ስቴትስ ... Read More »
Doctors at Ethiopia’s Menelik II hospital 1kg of cocaine from a Nigerian’s belly
December 13, 2016) – Doctors at Menelik II hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, have removed over 1kg of cocaine from the belly of a Nigerian drug trafficker. The substance was meant to be smuggled to various countries via the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. According to the Federal Police Crime Investigation Bureau, the Nigerian man was taken to hospital as he felt ... Read More »
Chinese Poly Group conducting 3.7-billion USD Oil exploration in Ogaden Ethiopia
December 15, 2016) – China Poly Group Corporation said the natural gas and oil exploration work it has been undertaking in Ogaden, Somali Regional State, is fruitful. Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn met with high officials of China Poly Group Corporation on Wednesday in Addis Ababa. Poly Group Chairman Yu Baodong said on the occasion that the exploration carried out thus ... Read More »
Ethiopian photographer seeks new portrayal of Africa
By Karim LEBHOUR (AFP) 4 hours ago in World Surrounded by untidy stacks of paper and abandoned half-empty coffee cups, photographer Aida Muluneh chain smokes cigarettes in her Addis Ababa office and rails against the negative portrayals of Africa by foreigners. The 42-year-old came returned to Ethiopia nine years ago after living in Yemen and Canada and set ... Read More »
WHITE HAT VS. BLACK HAT HACKERS AND THE NEED FOR ETHICAL HACKING.
15-12-2016 clearpathit.com asks what comes to mind when you hear the term “hacker?” For most people, the term is associated with cyber criminals. But did you know there is such a thing as ethical hacking? Some hackers are criminals and use their computer skills to harm or damage computer systems. These people are called black hat hackers. White hat hackers, ... Read More »
Eritrea says UAE hasn’t leased the Port of Assab as a military base
False Reporting by Al-Mayadeen In its evening programme, “Maydania”, of current news analysis (7:00p.m.-8:00p.m.) yesterday, the Beirut-based Arabic Tv channel, Al-Mayadeen, wrongly asserts, that the “United Arab Emirates has acquired a 30-year lease for a military base in the Port of Assab”. This is not the first time for Al-Mayadeen to broadcast wild and speculative news on Eritrea in a ... Read More »
South African robbers who killed Ethiopian businessmen last week detained
14-12-2016 Three Basotho nationals aged 27‚ 32 and 33 have been arrested by police in Bloemfontein‚ Free State‚ for two counts of murder and business robbery. They were on the run after they allegedly shot and killed two Ethiopian nationals‚ aged 27 and 31‚ in Modderkuil village near Moruleng in the policing area of Mogwase on Monday‚ 05 December 2016. ... Read More »