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ETHIOPIAN AUTHORITIES DEPORT PROMINENT SCHOLAR RENÉ LEFORT FROM AIRPORT; NO EXPLANATION [Addis Standard]
Addis Abeba, November 18/2017 – Reliable sources tell Addis Standard that René Lefort, a prominent scholar known for his critical observation of Ethiopian politics, was deported by Ethiopian authorities up on arrival at Bole International...
Kenya: Opposition Supporters Brave Teargas, Live Bullets to Welcome Leader Raila. Five Dead
At least five people were killed on Friday as Kenyan police tried to disperse supporters accompanying opposition leader Raila Odinga from the airport to central Nairobi, police said.
Police fired tear gas at the convoy in which Odinga...
Billionaire With Deep Investments in Ethiopia Arrested in Saudi Anti-corruption Sweep (VOA)
WASHINGTON — Sheikh Mohammed Hussein al-Amoudi is a billionaire, and by most estimates, one of the richest African-born people in the world. He travels the globe managing his businesses and meeting with heads of state.
But he now finds...
ITALIAN COURT VERDICT ON THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GRAZIANI MAUSOLEUM
An Italian court has issued an appropriate verdict on the officials responsible for the establishment of a mausoleum for the Fascist criminal typically known as “the butcher of Ethiopia”, Rodolfo Graziani, at an Italian town called Affile....
Dutch prosecutors demand life for Ethiopian war crimes suspect
By Afp
In a rare move, Dutch prosecutors Wednesday called for a Dutch-Ethiopian national to be jailed for life for “an atrocious campaign” of war crimes during Ethiopia’s “Red Terror” in the 1970s.
“The gravity...
Saudi Corruption Purge Snares $33 Billion of Net Worth in Riyadh - Bloomberg
By Devon Pendleton and Zainab Fattah
Three of the kingdom’s richest people are under arrest
Authorities say suspects are innocent until proven guilty
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s crackdown on some of Saudi Arabia’s richest and...