Saudi Arabia has released the Saudi-Ethiopian businessman Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi following more than 14 months of detention in a nation-wide crackdown on corruption, official Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) reported yesterday. “The...

Channel NewsAsia An Ethiopian ex-minister was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of “mismanagement of public funds” while he was head of a regional public investment fund, the state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting said. ADDIS ABABA:...

Many countries in Africa have suffered because of the gerontocratic nature of their politics, an issue I have often lamented. Some “elders”, such as Robert Mugabe, lost touch with modern statecraft and the changing conditions of life –...