Somalia conflict: US suffers rare combat loss in al-Shabab clash

<p style=”position: absolute; top: -999em”><img src=”//sa.bbc.co.uk/bbc/bbc/s?name=news.world.us_and_canada.story.39818741.page&ml_name=webmodule&ml_version=63&blq_js_enabled=0&blq_s=4d&blq_r=2.7&blq_v=default&blq_e=pal&cps_asset_id=39818741&page_type=Story&section=%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Fus_and_canada&first_pub=2017-05-05T12%3A35%3A05%2B00%3A00&last_editorial_update=2017-05-05T18%3A00%3A01%2B00%3A00&curie=8a0bf422-0db9-bf4d-b669-ea237ba9da20&title=Somalia+conflict%3A+US+suffers+rare+combat+loss+in+al-Shabab+clash&has_video=1&topic_names=al-Shabab%21United+States%21Mogadishu%21Somalia%21Military&topic_ids=28268a44-d798-4505-a7e8-3f427c001d9f%2182857f8e-8134-462a-bb32-b7b14f4eab75%21a0db7ee0-417b-4c6e-a1f9-aa7480d7e869%21c4baf2ae-4576-40ad-a041-be4498e4c6fa%21ce5c43ee-8982-4f88-9472-9aa79aeb09cc&for_nation=ca&app_version=1.190.1&bbc_site=news&pal_route=asset&app_type=responsive&language=en-GB&pal_webapp=tabloid&prod_name=news&app_name=news” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””>& 05 May 2017 AFP Al-Shabab fighters perform military drills at a village about 25km outside Mogadishu in 2011   A member of the US military has been killed in Somalia, the first confirmed US combat death there since the 1993 disastrous Black Hawk Down incident. This happened […]

ከቴዲ አልበም (የዘፈን ጥራዝ) ቅር ያሰኙኝ ነገሮች! (ሠዓሊ አምሳሉ ገ/ኪዳን አርጋው )

May 5, 2017 07:30 በቅድሚያ ከበርካታ መሰናክሎችና ፈተናዎች በኋላ ሥራዎቹን ለሕዝብ ጆሮ ስላበቃው ቴዲን እንኳን ደስ አለህ! ልለው እወዳለሁ፡፡ ጥሩ ሥራዎችን ሠርተህልናል ወደናቸዋል እናመሰግናለን! ተባረክ፡፡ በዐፄ ቴዎድሮስ ዘፈንህ አስለቀስከኝ፡፡ አንዳንድ ነገሮች አሉ እነሱን እናነሣለን፡፡ ከምቀኝነትና ከጥፋት ኃይሎች ተልእኮ የጸዳ ገንቢ አስተያየትና ትችት (Criticism) ይጠቅመዋልና ለግሱት፡፡ በዚህ ሥራው የተመቸኝን ነገር ከነምክንያቱ ልዘርዝር ብል አውየ  ላሳድራቹህ እችላለሁና […]

UN migration agency transports hundreds of South Sudanese refugees from border into Ethiopia

amp;amp;lt;iframe src=”//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-LQCS” height=”0″ width=”0″ style=”display:none;visibility:hidden”></iframe> IOM buses transport South Sudanese refugees from Pagak entry point to the Gore-Shembola refugee camp. Photo: IOM 5 May 2017 – The United Nations migration agency has begun transferring South Sudanese refugees from Ethiopia’s Pagak border entry point in Gambella to the Gore-Shembola refugee camp in Benishangul Gumuz Regional States […]

Ethiopia, Uganda Named As Biggest Losers in Trump’s Plant to Cut Aid

May 4, 2017 By Allan Olingo Uganda and Ethiopia will be the biggest losers in the region in the US President Donald Trump administration proposal to do away with all funding through the development assistance account, instead channelling these monies towards economic assistance. According to a State Department budget document seen by The EastAfrican, the […]

Sudan and Ethiopia on alert for Egyptian military strike

May 5, 2017 at 12:30 pm | Published in: Africa, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, Sudan Image of the Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam [File photo] Sudanese and Ethiopian forces operating on the border between the two countries are in place to prepare for any offensive that Egypt might launch against Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam on the River Nile, […]

US doesn’t need Ethiopia in its war on terror in the Horn of Africa

By Alemayehu G. Mariam, opinion contributor – 05/05/17 01:40 PM EDT 8     © Getty Earlier this month, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visited the Middle East and Africa to “reaffirm key U.S. military alliances” and engage with strategic partners.” Mattis only visited the tiny nation of Djibouti in the Horn of Africa where […]

Health overtakes democracy as US spending in East Africa drops

US plans to spend $3.06 billion in the region, a drop from $3.75 billion two years ago, even though what it actually spent was lower. PHOTO | FILE By ALLAN OLINGO Posted  Wednesday, May 3   2017 at  12:34 In Summary . US aid to the region has dropped over the past three years despite its planned spending […]

Release and drop charges against Dr. Merera Gudina [ScholarsAtRisk]

  May 2, 2017 Protecting scholars and the freedom to think, question and share ideas  May 1, 2017 — Scholars at Risk (SAR) is gravely concerned that Dr. Merera Gudina was arrested and is currently facing multiple charges in apparent retaliation for peacefully exercising his right to freedom of expression and association. Dr. Gudina is […]

የእኛ ሰንድቅ ዓላማ ከፍ ሲል` የእነሱ ዝቅ አለ !

May 4, 2017 – ቆንጅት ስጦታው የእኛ ሰንድቅ ዓላማ ከፍ ሲል` የእነሱ ዝቅ አለ !! ይድነቃቸው ከበደ “ሚያዝያ 27 ቀን 1933 ዓ.ም ንጉሰ ነገሥቱ ቀዳማዊ ኃይለ ሥላሴ፣የወራሪው የፋሽስት የጣሊያን ባንዲራ አውርደው የኢትዮጵያን ሰንደቅ ዓላማ ከፍ አድርገው ሰቀሉ ! ” “እንኳን ሰማይ ላይ ባንዲራሽን አይቶ ኢትዮጵያ ሲባል ማን ዝም ይላል ሰምቶ በቀስተ ዳመናሽ ሰማይ መቀነቱን ባንዲራሽን […]