Egypt denies involvement in Ethiopia’s conflict
Egypt has denied reports that it is behind the opposition demonstrations in Ethiopia. Yasser Hakim has more from Cairo.
Jak skorzystać z pełnych możliwości Vulkan Vegas?
Vulkan Vegas to jedna z najpopularniejszych platform gamingowych dostępnych dla graczy w Polsce. Oferując szeroką gamę gier oraz atrakcyjne bonusy, stanowi świetną opcję zarówno dla nowych, jak i doświadczonych użytkowników. Jak jednak w pełni wykorzystać potencjał tego kasyna, aby korzystanie z niego było jeszcze bardziej satysfakcjonujące? Rejestracja i pierwsze kroki Pierwszym krokiem, który każdy nowy…
South Africa offers refuge to South Sudan’s Riek Machar
CCTV-Africa Sacked South Sudanese first vice president Riek Machar may be headed to South Africa after the country agreed to host him, a leading newspaper in Kenya reports. Machar fled the capital Juba in July, just four months after he returned, in a peace deal that saw the formation of a transitional unity government. Forces…
How Zero Was Invented?
BigThink There are some parts of our knowledge base that we generally take for granted. We use them every day, and they have been very successful in allowing us to conduct our lives. The number system that includes zero is one such practice. But zero didn’t always exist. It’s a rather genius idea that humanity…
Ethiopia Human Rights Abuses Spark U.S. Congressional Action
By J. David Thompson U.S. Representatives push for legislation targeting Ethiopia after Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch document human rights abuses. A bipartisan group of U.S. Representatives has proposed legislation targeted at the government of Ethiopia, after Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch documented hundreds of cases of alleged human rights abuses. House Resolution…
Why US Airstrike Somalia?
Abdulaziz Osman VOAFILE – Al-Shabab fighters sit on a truck as they patrol in Mogadishu, Somalia, Oct. 30, 2009. The U.S. military says its airstrike killed at least nine militants. However, the Somalia government says its soldiers were killed in the strike. Somalia’s government is demanding an explanation from the United States for Wednesday’s deadly airstrike…
Economic Freedom Could Bring Peace, Less Civil Strife in Ethiopia
By James M. Roberts | Fatuma Hussein, feeds her child Yasin Ahmed at the Megenta Kebele clinic in a rural village Dubti Woreda, in Afar, Ethiopia. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene) The Heritage Foundation has taken its message of economic freedom to Africa. Today’s stop is Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia—source of the Blue Nileriver and…
Egypt is building a new capital — and China is bankrolling it
Jacob Wirtschafter, USA TODAY The Egyptian government is determined to build a new capital in the desert 28 miles southeast of this iconic city – and it’s no longer a mirage now that China is bankrolling most of the $45 billion project.USA TODAY A delegation looks at a scale model of the new Egyptian capital displayed at the Red Sea…
Africa and space: the continent starts to look skyward
Scott Firsing, Monash University Most do not associate Africa with the high-tech sphere of “space”. However, in recent years, many countries on the continent have woken up to the potential and usefulness of space technology. In sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria and South Africa are leading the charge. What have South Africa and Nigeria have achieved? Both…
Israeli media: Former Israeli President Shimon Peres dies
JERUSALEM (AP) — Shimon Peres, a former Israeli president and prime minister, whose life story mirrored that of the Jewish state and who was celebrated around the world as a Nobel prize-winning visionary who pushed his country toward peace, has died, the Israeli news website YNet reported early Wednesday. He was 93. Peres’ condition worsened…