The FBI thwarted an attempted terrorist bombing in Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square before the city’s annual tree-lighting Friday night, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Oregon.
A Corvallis man, thinking he was going to ignite a bomb, drove a...
Rwanda has extended promotional rates for gorilla permits to boost its growing tourism. The tiny East African countries which is one of the best destinations for gorilla trekking has extended discounted gorilla permits until December 31st 2024.
As part of...
Leila Kaddour-Boudadi, Translated by Chigba Njokanma
The Abba Garima manuscripts, kept in an Ethiopian monastery and until now considered to be from the 11th century, have made a journey back in time. Carbon-14 dating has revealed them to be from...
Aaron Maasho
* Proposal to be debated before approval in early July
* Economy expected to maintain growth this year
ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia has proposed a record 117.8 billion birr ($6.98 billion) annual budget for next year, aiming to build infrastructure,...
Somali Piracy Conference
Hosted by National Maritime Intelligence Center and Office of Naval Intelligence
7 April 2009
Rise of Piracy and Other Maritime Insecurity in Somalia
Remarks by David H. Shinn
Adjunct Professor, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University
Two Caveats
Let me...
MOGADISHU – A cabinet named by Somalia’s new prime minister was approved by parliament on Saturday after a previous attempt to endorse the ministers descended into chaos, legislators said.
Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, a teacher who had been living...
MOGADISHU – Somalia’s main private power firm, Somali Energy, said on Thursday piracy on the Indian Ocean has driven up the cost of imported diesel by 50 percent, making it difficult to keep the lights on in the conflict-torn...
MINNEAPOLIS — A group of elders in the Minneapolis Somali community on Wednesday publicly denounced al-Shabab, making it clear that they do not support the terror group they say is responsible for “sinister” acts of recruiting young Americans to...
The Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday announced the end of a nearly three-month outbreak of Ebola that claimed six lives out of 12 known cases.
The outbreak, the DRC's 12th since the disease was first identified in 1976, was...
China-Africa Overseas Leather Products S.C., a company fully owned by Chinese investors, on Wednesday inaugurated the largest leather and leather products factory in Ethiopia to date with a capital of some USD 27 million.
During the inauguration ceremony of the...
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