Ethiopia: ‘Special Police’ Execute 10

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May 28, 2012, Nairobi (Human Rights Watch) – An Ethiopian government-backed paramilitary force summarily executed 10 men during a March 2012 operation in Ethiopia’s...

Somalia deports Chinese cyclist

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Garowe, 20 Jul 2009 (Somalilandpress) -- A Chinese cyclist has been forced to put the brakes on a 12-year world tour, after officials...

Somaliland Education Review shows positive trends in boys’ and girls’ enrolment

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The Somaliland Ministry of education, jointly with education partners including the European Union and the Global Partnership for Education, conducted the annual Joint Review...

Bongo son set for Gabon candidacy

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The son of Gabon's late president, Omar Bongo, has been chosen by the ruling party to stand in the presidential election expected in late...

Saudia to extend warm invitation to Somaliland president

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JEDDAH (Somalilandpress) -- Somaliland's president Dahir Rayale Kahin on Saturday received an invitation to visit Saudi Arabia from Saudi officials, sources said. Mr Rayale is...

How foreign backing is keeping Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir in power

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Day after day Sudanese are taking to the streets to protest against the rule of Omar al-Bashir. The president, who himself seized power in 1989 when...

Cape Town's Passion Gap: Sexual Myth or Fashion Victimhood?

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HARGEISA, 9 October 2009 (Somalilandpress) – The laughing young man has a perfect set of teeth, his golden incisors glinting in the sunlight. Suddenly he...

Ethiopia: The Silent World of Hippos on Planet Cheetah

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In my first weekly commentary of the new year, I "proclaimed" 2013 “Year of Ethiopia’s Cheetah Generation” (young people). I also promised to reach,...

Zuma court ruling: South Africans witness a massive day for democracy

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  By Hugh Corder The accountability of public governance in South Africa has come a long way since 1994. When the transitional constitution was hammered...

Exclusive: Maldives president¹s corruption revealed

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Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit reveals a $1.5 billion money laundering plot, bribery, theft and fraud in paradise: “It’s like something from a James Bond...