Tag: Terror
Ethiopia files terrorism charges against leading opposition Leader
Ethiopia has filed terrorism charges against a prominent media mogul and opposition politician from the Oromo ethnic group, Jawar Mohammed, the attorney general’s office said on Saturday. Jawar, founder of the Oromiya Media Network and a member of the Oromo Federalist Congress party, was arrested in June amid the widespread unrest that followed the assassination…
Mozambique Might Require Foreign Military Assistance To Clean Up Its Hybrid War Mess
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) September 17. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues.BY: Andrew Korybko. Chronically impoverished and formerly civil war-torn Mozambique has the potential to become the world’s fourth-largest natural gas exporter due to its vast offshore reserves in the extreme northeastern part of the country, but this Southern African state’s…
Ethiopia: 120 Killed in Ethiopian Ethnic Clashes
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) September 17. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. Intercommunal fighting in Ethiopia left at least 120 people dead this month and forced hundreds more to flee their homes, according to the opposition National Movement of Amhara. The killings in Ethiopia’s western region of Benishangul-Gumuz started on Sept.…
Abiy Ahmed on the threats to Ethiopia’s democratic transition
ADDIS ABABA (HAN) September 17. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. BY:BY ABIY AHMED. A STABLE DEMOCRACY is built on the rule of law; if there is no law there is no freedom. With this core belief, Ethiopia is working tirelessly to realise its constitution’s promise of a democratic and…
Ethiopia’s democratic transition is in peril
Freedom is not a gift doled out to people by a government,” Abiy Ahmed said in his inaugural address as Ethiopia’s prime minister in 2018. “Rather [it is] a gift of nature to everyone that emanates from our human dignity.” His words marked a remarkable turn for a country that over tethhe past five decades had…
Ethiopia: Dangerously Close to a Genocide “Facebook Hate Speech”
Addis Ababa (HAN) September 15. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues.Throughout his life, Ethiopian singer Hachalu Hundessa sang about love, unity, and raising the marginalized voices of his Oromo ethnic group. He had always tried to keep his work and politics separate, saying, “Art should not be subject to political…
Kenya: Expand Counter-terrorism Drone War
WASHINGTON (HAN) September 15. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. The U.S. military’s Africa Command is pressing for new authorities to carry out armed drone strikes targeting Qaeda-linked Shabab fighters in portions of eastern Kenya, potentially expanding the war zone across the border from their sanctuaries in Somalia, according to…
Ethiopia warns signs of possible terrorist activity
Addis Ababa (HAN) September 11. 2020. Monitoring Regional Issues. Ethiopian authorities on Thursday warned of a possible “terror attack” in the capital Addis Abba.The warning came as nearly 110 million citizens across the country began celebrations on the eve of Ethiopia’s New Year. Addis Ababa Police Commission said security agents have found pre-incident indicators of a…
Ethiopia: Opposition figure faces terror charges
Addis Ababa (HAN) September 10. 2020. Monitoring Regional Issues.Prosecutors in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, have filed terror charges against prominent opposition figure and journalist Eskinder Nega, state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporate reports. Mr Eskinder was among the thousands arrested following the violence that caused the death of at least 170 people after popular musician Hachalu Hundessa…
