Somalia Cuts Diplomatic Ties with Guinea Over Somaliland

BY ABDI GULED | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Somalia’s government announced it is cutting diplomatic ties with Guinea, accusing the West African country of violating its sovereignty. The decision came after the president of the breakaway northern territory of Somaliland received a red carpet welcome in Guinea’s capital, Conakry, earlier this week.

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Several Thoughts About Teddy Afro and Education

BY FIKREJESUS AMHAZION (PhD) 1) On Teddy Afro: First, in order to avoid any potential misunderstandings and hard feelings, allow me to state that I have nothing but deep love and wholehearted respect for Ethiopia and the Ethiopian people. I genuinely wish for peace, cooperation, and development for and between our countries and peoples.

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South Sudan Turns Down Proposal to Take More UN Troops

By Reuters / AP, South Sudan said on Wednesday it opposed a proposal to station extra foreign troops in the country under U.N. command, something the United States, Western nations and regional countries want in order to prevent a slide back into civil war. The government said last week it would allow a deployment of […]

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Eritrea: The Story of Resiliency and Triumph In the Face of Persistent Fire

By Amanuel Biedemariam, In life, those who fail to understand their blessing are bound to lose everything. Religious experts say that the devil will always try to point out what you are missing instead of the blessings. And it is clearly hard to think about blessings when faced with tremendous challenges and particularly when the […]

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Outdated UN System a Reflection of World’s Dysfunction: Eritrean FM

By UN News Center, Addressing the General Assembly yesterday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Eritrea, H.E. Osman Saleh, focused on bolstering his country’s socioeconomic and also emphasized the need to revitalize the United Nations to create a more agile, democratic and equitable multilateral system. Mr. Saleh said that, 70 years after the birth of […]

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ምስ ዲያብሎስ ተራጊሙ፡ ብሰይጣን ዝተመረቐ ጻድቕ የለን!

ካብ ግዱሳት ተጸናጸንቲ እከይ ውዲታት፣ ቅድሚ ናብ ዝቕጽል 3ይ ክፋል ዝርዝር ጽሑፋት ምእታውና፡ ሓደ ናብ ናይ ቀረባን ርሕቑን፡ ፈተውትን ጸላእትን ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ከነመሓልላልፎ እንደሊ መልእኽቲ ኣለና። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ናይ ግዜ ትሕዝቶ ኢዩ ተፈጢሩ። ግዜ ባዕሉ ከም ፈለግ ተሰኪምዎ ኢዩ ተጓዒዙ፡ እቲ ፈለግ ግን ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ባዕሉ ኢዩ ነይሩ። ግዜ ዝውሕጦ ዝነበረ ነብሪ ኢዩ ነይሩ፡ […]

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An Open Letter to President Barack Obama

Dear President Obama, LAST December the people of the United States have witnessed an historic moment which gives them yet another opportunity to contemplate on the stark dichotomy in the complex dynamic of the US global role played by its various state institutions. The stunning US Senate Intelligence Committee Report on the CIA has barely […]

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