Being a Politician in Somalia

By Ahmed Abdi, THERE is a direct association between the Somali politicians’ ill-fated and their actions against Somali history, culture, language and ethnicity. Government officials were preparing their  Friday prayers at the Central Hotel in Somalia’s capital when an Al-Shabaab extremist rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the hotel gate, and another went inside the mosque […]

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PM Desalegn Asks President Guelleh to Calm Issa Leader

By African Intelligence, The traditional Issa elder Moustapha Mohamed Ibrahim, based in Dire Dawa, has drawn the wrath of Addis Ababa. The creation of three kebele (small administrative entities) administered by the Issa within the Afar Regional State is a cause of ongoing concern for the Ethiopian authorities. During his official visit to Djibouti on […]

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ARDUF Warns to Attack Addis – Djibouti Corridor

By The Indian Ocean Newsletter, THE Ethiopian government authorities are taking the mainly Afar ARDUF armed rebel movement’s opposition to the creation last month of three special kebele (small administrative entities) in the Afar Regional State very seriously. In response to threats issued by ARDUF’s leader in Asmara, Mussa Ibrahim, to attack the transport routes, […]

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Somali-Issa Deal to Occupy Afar Territories a Recipe for Conflict

By Afar Diaspora Network (ADN), THE Afar Diaspora Network (ADN) has called an urgent Extraordinary Meeting to discuss the implications of the recent agreement signed on 11 December 2014, between the Afar and Somali regions at Awash City of the Afar region legalizing the creation of three Special Self-Ruling Sub-Districts or Wards Status of Somali-Issa […]

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Ethiopia Banks on the Afar People Against Eritrea

By African Intelligence, ADDIS ABABA is not gearing up for war with its Eritrean neighbour in the short term, but is actively preparing the post-Issayas Afeworki era. Ethiopia’s armed forces chief of staff, General Mohamed-Nur Yunus, aka Samora, played a key role for the 4th conference of the Red Sea Afar community held in Samara (Ethiopia) […]

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Cowardly Refugee Running Away From Problems

Have fun with the following cowardly cooked up stories of an Eritrean refugee in Ethiopia. Such fake stories are what filled the reports of the incompetent Special Rapporteur on Eritrea Ms. Sheila Keetharuth. Please take a good notice of the language and motive of the writer as well.  By The Onion, Six months after deciding his […]

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Nature’s Beauty: Eritrea’s Southern Red Sea Region

By Berhane Woldu, The morning light had broadened, the sky giving way to the morning light giving Asmara a gold tincture. Not a single car was in sight except horse chariots who have taken over the avenues their feet hitting on the street sounding as a marching band; delivering milk. The Association of Eritrean Americans […]

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ARDUF Denies Existence of Training Camps inside Eritrea, Vows to Continue Struggle

TPLF led Ethiopian government is tactically at war with the Afar people in order to realize their dream of ‘Greater Tigray” by incorporating a chunk of Afar territory – ARDUF By ARDUF, The Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front (ARDUF) through its Press Release issued on Tuesday (27) has denied the existence of any “attacks” carried out by the Ethiopian government forces […]

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