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Somaliland military officers graduate from Ethiopian military institute

Twelve cadets with special military engineering skills will join the Somaliland national armed forces this week after graduating from a…

Ethiopia: Railway projects role in the 5-years Transformation Plan

The past couple of years saw Ethiopia registering accelerated economic growth of double digit. The growing economy demanded the expansion…

EDP pres.Mushe Semu says, Single digit inflation an illusion

Highlight: * Mushe Semu, president of Ethiopian Democratic Party (EDP) says lowering the inflation rate to the level that the…

Ethiopia: Telecom cables vandalism ‘a national security issue’

Highlights: Minister Dr. Debre-Tsion Gebre-Micael said that frequent telecommunication infrastructure robbery and damage is causing repeated service interruption and incurring…

Somaliland: President appeals for drought assistance and relief aid

Somaliland’s President Ahmed Mahmoud Silanyo has issued an appeal for drought relief aid. In a statement released from Hargeisa he…

Ethiopia: Imprisoned Swedish journalists issue statement

"It has been the longest year in our lives," photojournalist Johan Persson and journalist Martin Schibbye said. They were arrested…

Brief | The new US strategy toward sub-Saharan Africa

On June 14, 2012, the White House announced a new U.S. Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa that provides a proactive and…

Global | Cost of wind energy expected to decline 12% by 2016

A report based on research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute covering developments in wind power finds that global installed wind…

Somalia: Highlights of a public opinion survey

A new Voice of America Somali Service survey reveals many Somalis share similar opinions on key issues regarding the draft…

CPJ statement: Eskinder Nega, 5 exiled journalists convicted of terrorism

Eskinder Nega, 5 exiled journalists convicted of terrorism Nairobi, June 27, 2012-Today's conviction of six Ethiopian journalists on vague terrorism…

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