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Kenya: Police Disperse Election Protesters in Nairobi a Day After Intense Violence
AllAfrica
Kenyan police used tear gas Saturday to disperse election protesters in the impoverished Nairobi district of Kawangware, one day after a fire burned hundreds of businesses, and after men armed with machetes and sticks looted stores...
World Health Organization Board: I told you Tedros Adhanom is an Empty Suit…! [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
Last week, Tedros Adhanom, Director-General of the World Health Organization, nominated Robert Mugabe, the 93 year-old president of Zimbabwe as that organization’s Goodwill Ambassador for Noncommunciable Diseases, a position currently held...
Is Ethiopia’s Digital War Worth it?(By Ayo Awokoya)
Raddington Report (blog)
The Ethiopian Government is known for its attempts to quash internet freedom amidst the country’s ethnic tensions – but are they fighting a losing battle?
With the most recent ethnic clashes in the Somali...
Haley: Africa's Violence Could Become US Security Threats (VOA)
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley warned that Africa’s violence and humanitarian disasters could spread into larger security threats to the United States. In order to stem the growing conflicts,...
WHO cancels Robert Mugabe goodwill ambassador role (BBC)
The World Health Organization has revoked the appointment of Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador following a widespread outcry.
“I have listened carefully to all who have expressed their concerns,” WHO head Tedros...
Robert Mugabe is appointed a WHO goodwill ambassador, stunning critics
By Helen Branswell
The new head of the World Health Organization has named Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe a goodwill ambassador for the agency, a move that has startled public health experts.
The WHO director-general, Tedros Adhanom...
Thanking the U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia for Standing and Walking on the Right Side of History [Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam]
On October 18, 2017, the U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia issued the following statement:
United States sees peaceful demonstrations as a legitimate means of expression and political participation. We note with appreciation a number of recent events...
Ethiopia 'deliberately blocking' U.S. Congress resolution on human rights
Africanews
Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban with Freedom House
An international rights group is accusing the Ethiopian government of literally blackmailing the United States as Congress moves to heighten human rights and political reform calls on Addis...