Month: November 2013

  • Africa

    The Jubaland deal: another reason to fear al-Shabab?

      A late August negotiations in Addis Ababa between the Somali government and representatives of the Jubaland administration have given birth to the creation of an ‘Interim Juba Administration’ in Southern Somalia to be led by Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Islam, a.k.a Sheikh Madobe, who was once a senior member of the Union of Islamic Courts and who spent time in…

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  • Africa

    Dangote among top 10 most valuable brands in Africa

    As a measure of its business growth and influence across the continent, Dangote Group emerged among Africa’s top 10 most valuable brands in 2013, according to a survey conducted by African Business Magazine.   The survey recognized Dangote as the most valuable brand in the consumer goods sector with an African brand value of 216 and overall 8th most valuable…

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  • Africa

    A US court rules the Williams guilty of manslaughter

    Tesfaye Ejigu A two-year trial by a Skagit County Court in the US passed a guilty verdict in manslaughter and sentenced Larry and Carri Williams of Sedro Woolley to 38 and 36 years in jail respectively. The tragic death in late 2011 of Hana Alemu (Hana Williams), who was adopted by the couple from Ethiopia, had stirred a public uproar…

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