Africa
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UNESCO: 100 million young women unable to read a single sentence
A serious gender imbalance in global education has left over 100 million young women in low and lower middle income…
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President Uhuru Kenyatta on state visit to Ethiopia
Visit his first to an African state since he came to office in April Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta is to…
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AUC formed a Commission of Inquiry to look into rights abuses in South Sudan
Mahlet Fasil The African Union Commission (AUC) established a Commission of Inquiry to investigate human rights violations and other abuses…
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Former President of Oromia regional State Alemayehu Atomsa dies
Alemayehu Atomsa, former chairman of the Oromo Peoples’ Democratic Organization (OPDO), one of the four parties that make up the…
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Sacking Sanusi
ABUJA – It was only a matter of time before Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan moved against Lamido Sanusi, the governor…
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A new TV network for Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group
Oromia Media Network (OMN), explained by its founders as “an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit news enterprise whose mission is to…
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2013 Human Rights Reports: Ethiopia
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 2013 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices Report February 27, 2014 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY …
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Countering violent extremist messaging in the Greater Horn of Africa at the center of ACSS seminar in Addis Ababa
The Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS), the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, and the government of Ethiopia opened a…
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AU High-Level Implementation Panel suspends talks between Sudan and South Sudan
On March 1st, the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel on Sudan and South Sudan suspended negotiations between the Government of…
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Is funding and political will to keep africa safe dwindling?
The cost of conflict prevention and peace building in Africa is rising. But are African countries becoming less determined both…
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