Tag: Ethiopia

Raila launches AUC chairperson bid in Addis Ababa with ambitious vision for Africa

Raila Odinga officially unveiled his vision for Africa Union on Friday, November 8, 2024, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Raila who is the Kenyan candidate for the African Union Commission (AUC) chairmanship was accompanied by government officials including Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and the Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs Korir Sing’oei. Speaking on his vision […]

Police in Makueni arrest 60 Ethiopians for being in Kenya illegally

Police in Makueni have detained 60 aliens, believed to be Ethiopians nationals, who were arrested on Friday at Kiboko in Makindu, Makueni County. According to Makueni Police County Commander Joseph Ole Napeiyan, his officers assisted by National Government Administration officers (NGAO) intensified the search for aliens along Mombasa- Nairobi Highway and Kiboko town environs following […]

Ethiopian symbol of integration in Italy raped and killed on her goat farm

Agitu Gudeta fled Addis Ababa in 2010 after her participation in protests against “land-grabbing” angered local authorities.

Maids dumped outside embassy as Covid-19 pandemic bites

Scores of maids have been dumped outside a Beirut embassy amid an ongoing economic crisis in Lebanon, heightened by the coronavirus pandemic. Lebanon’s economy is collapsing with the country’s currency losing 70% of its value in the past six months. Now many of the country’s middle class claim they can no longer afford to pay […]

Ethiopia freeing 4,000 prisoners in coronavirus battle

Foreigners charged with involvement in with smuggling and drug trafficking would also be released and deported to their countries of origin.

Why locust invasion threatens cows: MP

This is the worst locust invasion to hit Kenya in 70 years, with hundreds of millions of the insects swarming from Somalia and Ethiopia.

Trump says someone else got his Nobel peace prize

Although he did not name the Nobel Peace Prize winner or the country, it is clear that Mr Trump was referring to Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed.