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Backgrounder: Unrest in Gondar city

The northwestern city of Gondar was hit by protests and violence on Tuesday and Wednesday. At least six locals and…

Aksum University honors Sebhat Nega

Aksum University awarded Sebhat Nega an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Leadership and Politics. Sibhat Nega Medhaniye, 81, is one of…

Egypt asks Israeli help on Ethiopian Renaissance dam

(Al-Araby Al-Jadeed) Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is reported to have asked the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to intervene…

Abdirahman Abdishakur announces candidacy for Somalia President

Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame announced his candidacy for Somali president in the 2016 election. The announcement was made at Hotel Jazeera…

Ethiopia Eritrea clash: What we know and What we think we know

This week the World Wide Web was awash with an Ethio-Eritrean matter. Conflict, that is. The only mutual agenda the…

Eritrea issues 5th statement, blames Washington

Last Sunday, Ethiopian and Eritrean troops had one of the biggest clashes since the end of the 1998-2000 war. The Eritrean…

Sudanese soldiers abduct Ethiopian farm workers again

Sudanese soldiers raided an Ethiopian commercial farm on Tuesday, HornAffairs learned. The soldiers abducted at least five farm workers and…

Swiss MPs discuss Eritrean refugees “illicit trips” to Asmara

(Swissinfo.ch and agencies, with input from Stefania Summermatter) As a United Nations report accuses Eritrean leaders of crimes against humanity,…

Somalia| Key politicians form Wadajir Party ahead of election

Seasoned Somali politicians launched a new party ahead of the parliamentary election to held in 2016. The new party, named,…

Fighting subsides after Ethiopians seized Eritrean stronghold: Source

The heavy fighting in the Tsorena area of the Ethiopian Eritrea border subsided after the later retreated from a strategic…

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