Horn of Africa News

As journalists welcome efforts to support press freedom in Ethiopia, draft law against hate speech causes concerns.

by Elias Gebreselassie

jibouti’s Ministry of National Education awarded the international school of Turkey’s Maarif Foundation as best.

The Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been named as the laureate of the 2019.

✓ On April 10, President Trump signed an extension of the emergency order authorizing the continuation of U.S. military operations in Somalia.
✓ Just last week, the U.S. military conducted an airstrike in Somalia, reportedly killing three Islamic State fighters, demonstrating the tactical nature of the counterterrorism fight.
✓ The U.S. is now committed to training and equipping five brigades of elite Somali soldiers, while others are tasked with building an entirely new Somali army.
✓ Now that that the Islamic State’s territorial caliphate has been destroyed, there are concerns that foreign fighters will travel to Somalia to reinforce the growing IS presence there and throughout the Horn of Africa.

https://www.thecipherbrief.com/column_article/perpetual-war-in-somalia

The African Continental Free Trade Area will enter into force during the next African Union.

With the financial assistance from the government of the Netherlands, Ethiopia is set to build a specialized cardiac center in Addis Ababa inside the Black Lion Specialized Hospital compound.

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In an attempt to rescue the deteriorating education quality, the government of Ethiopia has launched.

BEIJING, April 28 — Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh.

Githiora Philip Mundia has been proposed to establish the Kenyan mission in Hargeisa, Somaliland, perhaps.

Holhol, Djibouti — Djibouti, a nation I didn’t know much about. Honestly, before traveling here,.

Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah and Haile Gebrselassie are involved in a dispute over an.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has signed a $1.8 billion investment deal in Beijing with.

Ilhan Omar is the Personality for this month (Motivating Africa Magazine), and her journey to stardom is.

Somalia officials say a senior al-Shabab official has defected from the group and surrendered to.