BBC Africa Sylvia Pankhurst’s love of Ethiopia had its genesis in opposition to Italian colonialism Just inside the entrance of the Addis Ababa home of British historian Richard Pankhurst hangs a black and white photo of his suffragette mother, Sylvia Pankhurst. She is pictured wearing a long and elaborate Edwardian dress with sleeves to her…
The Atlantic Council Destroyed military equipment is piled high in the “tank cemetery” in Asmara, a product of a previous confrontation between Ethiopia and Eritrea (Photo credit: Flickr/David Stanley) According to Eritrean officials, in the early hours of Sunday, June 12, Ethiopian forces launched an unprovoked assault over the Eritrean border at the town of…
Author Walaa Hussein, Al-Monitor CAIRO — There are fears that the dispute over Halayeb and Shalateen, a small border region claimed by Cairo and Khartoum, will cast its shadow over Egyptian-Sudanese coordination on the negotiations over the Renaissance Dam between the two countries and Ethiopia. On April 18, state-owned channel Ethiopian TV interviewed Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir,…
Washington Post A few years ago, two economics professors, Quamrul Ashraf and Oded Galor, published a paper, “The Out of Africa Hypothesis, Human Genetic Diversity, and Comparative Economic Development,” that drew inferences about poverty and genetics based on a statistical pattern. The world’s most genetically diverse countries (using their measure of what counts as genetically…
BY CAITLIN CHANDLER AND EBBA ABBAMURTI | Okayafrica Tariku Debela, in jeans, walks carefully through the streets of Eastleigh, Nairobi. Photo by Ebba Abbamurti. On a warm evening last month, Tariku Debela was walking home from dinner in the immigrant enclave of Eastleigh, Nairobi, when he was jumped by four men who took his phone and more than $200…
Jane’s Defense Weekly https://youtu.be/9fwjrIONGE8 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) appears to be constructing a new port next to Assab International Airport in Eritrea, which could become its first permanent military base in a foreign country. Satellite imagery shows rapid progress has been made since work began sometime after September 2015. A square of coastline measuring…
© AFP/File / by Mona Salem | Although generations of Egyptians have grown up believing the islands belonged to Egypt, Cairo insists they have always been Saudi territory, which was leased to it in 1950 following a request by Riyadh By Mona Salem CAIRO (AFP) – Egypt’s surprise move to give two Red Sea islands to Saudi…
BBC, King Salman announces deal on second day of Cairo visit after meeting Egyptian president Abdel Fatah al-Sisi King Salman and Abdel Fatah al-Sisi in Cairo. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has announced an agreement with Egypt to build a bridge over the Red Sea connecting the two countries. The monarch made the announcement…
Only sender and receiver will be able to access messages, photos, videos and voice calls besides text messages. Some US authorities say criminals and armed groups can use encryption to hide their tracks [AP] WhatsApp has reinforced the default encryption settings for users so that all messages will now be accessible only to the sender and recipient.…
By Elizabeth Fraser (Oakland), Global Issues OAKLAND, Mar 29 (IPS) – I was taught that responsibility means admitting your mistakes and being accountable when you make a mistake. I still believe this to be true for individuals and institutions. So when a powerful group like the World Bank makes a mistake, I expect it to be…