BY HARUN MARUF | VOA NEWS Islamic State militants in Somalia say they will release jihadist materials in Amharic — a step unmistakably aimed at winning recruits in restive, neighboring Ethiopia.
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A U.K. court had earlier charged the Ethiopian pro-democracy activist with terrorism offences including for attending a certain “terrorist” training camp in Eritrea BY BINDMANS A member of an Ethiopian opposition movement banned by the Ethiopian regime has been acquitted of all charges of terrorism following a three week trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court. Tadesse […]
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“For how long will they [Al Jazeera] continue to tamper with the security of Egypt and the Arab world?” – Dubai Security Chief Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan BY RT.COM Dubai’s security chief Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan, known for his controversial social media posts, has called for Al Jazeera to be obliterated. The General accuses the […]
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BY ALBAYAN.AE * There are quite a few of those who belong to extremist organizations, supported and sponsored as they are by the State of Qatar to infiltrate Eritrea. But Mohammed Jumaa Abu Rasheed is the most famous of them all, to the extent that activists characterize him as the “Qardawi of Eritrea”.
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The US is lifting most of the economic and trade sanctions it first imposed on Sudan two decades ago. However, Sudan will remain listed as a state sponsor of terror. BY IRIN The United States has lifted decades-old economic sanctions against Sudan even though it still considers the country a state sponsor of terrorism and […]
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BY MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN | VOA NEWS The government of Somalia is defending a controversial decision to hand over a prominent Ogaden rebel leader to authorities in Ethiopia. The transfer of Abdikarin Sheikh Muse, a top member of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), has sparked a social media uproar and protests against the government […]
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“Newsweek seem intent on serializing negative narratives by rabid TPLF lobbyist; Eritrea’s track record of combating terrorism is impeccable” – Yemane G. Meskel, Minister of Information. BY SOPHIA TESFAMARIAM | SHABAIT The once venerable weekly magazine owned by the Washington Post Company suffered a precipitous decline and was sold to the digital news company International […]
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BY THOMAS C. MOUNTAIN Since May, 2017 an ongoing insurgency has been raging in the Shia heartland town of Awamiya in eastern Saudi Arabia and its only thanks to the BBC being allowed to enter the area and film the destruction that the world can see how the House of Saud’s war against the Shia […]
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