After 13 years, Somali refugees are the ‘most-loved family in Southville’, as community forces council to let them stay
A family put in temporary housing in Bristol 13 years ago have been the subject of an incredible outpouring of love and support after council housing chiefs decided they needed to move home - across the city.
So huge was the messages of support from...
Ethiopia, Luxembourg Agree to Strengthen Cooperation
Ethiopia and Luxembourg have agreed to further strengthen cooperation on both bilateral and multilateral venues.
This has been emphasized during a meeting between Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu and the Foreign Minister of Luxembourg, Jean Assselborn today (February 13).
Both parties underscored the...
French election 2017: Marine Le Pen leading the race as polls open
by:Rory Mulholland, paris
23 APRIL 2017 • 12:54PM
Polls have opened in the first round of France’s mostunpredictable and high-stakes presidential election in decades,with far-Right leader Marine Le Pen and the maverick centrist Emmanuel Macron leading the field.
A Le Pen victory could...
The case for gender equality in the Muslim world
In the Muslim world, economic advancement depends upon women's empowerment.
by:Maha Akeel
Maha Akeel is the Director of the information department at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
"If you want to go forward, you have to give education to girls. And once you educate girls, you change...
Sudan rejects Ethiopian proposal to fill giant dam a second time
By: REUTERS
Sudan has rejected an Ethiopian proposal to manage the filling for a second time of a giant dam that it is building on the Blue Nile, a senior official said on Sunday, deepening a regional dispute over the project.
Ethiopia has pinned hopes of...
Ethiopia, China vow to deepen ties in strategic areas
ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopian and China on Monday announced their commitment to strengthen partnership in areas of strategic interest.
The two countries affirmed this during a meeting of the Ethiopian Foreign Affairs Minister, Workneh Gebeyehu, and China's Assistant Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong,...
Turkey’s outreach hints at Ottoman revival
Ankara's growing deployments and initiatives in the Middle East and Africa are cheered and feared in near equal measure
By JONATHAN GORVETT
In Doha, his face is on bumper stickers. In Mogadishu, it looms on giant posters. Nowadays, Turkish President Recip Tayyip Erdogan enjoys great popularity in...
Halimo: Somali Single Mother, Refugee and Person Living with HIV
Kenya - First aid is quickly given to an unconscious woman lying on the floor. The room is dark. Even though she cannot see clearly, the nurse can tell that all is not well by the state of the room. The woman on the...
UAE steers discussion about humanitarian crisis in Horn of Africa with UN partners
NEW YORK, 24th December, 2017 (WAM) -- The United Arab Emirates Mission to the United Nations in New York, in collaboration with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), has hosted a briefing to engage Members States in evaluating the...
US soon to have permanent diplomatic presence in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia — The United States ambassador to Somalia says the U.S. once again will have a permanent diplomatic presence in the country after it opens offices in Mogadishu later this year.
The U.S. embassy was closed in 1991 as the Horn of Africa nation...
