Ethiopia: Rumors of Water War on the Nile? By Alemayehu G Mariam
Dam War of Words Late last month, Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Defense Minister Prince Khalid Bin Sultan fired a shot across the bow from the Arab Water Council in Cairo to let the regime in Ethiopia know that his country takes a dim view of the “Grand Renaissance Dam” under “construction†on the Blue Nile (Abbay) […]
Read More →Rules of the papal conclave, explained by Patricia Treble
source www.africaim.com africa intelligence media Cardinals attend a mass for the election of a new pope inside St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican on Tuesday, March 12, 2013. (Andrew Medichini/AP) Though the rules for appointing a new pope have changed over the centuries, John Paul II updated them significantly on Feb. 22, 1996 with the […]
Read More →Crackdown in the capital nets 41 illegal Ethiopians
Crackdown in the capital nets 41 illegal Ethiopians  source AIM (Africa Intelligence Media) www.africaim.com An illegal Ethiopian being arrested in Riyadh, Sunday. — SG photo RIYADH — Within hours of launching its campaign against illegal aliens here Sunday, the capital’s Passports Department officials were able to apprehend 41 Ethiopian infiltrators. Citizens and media personnel accompanying the […]
Read More →AfDB Supports Rwandese Private Sector
Source (Africa Intelligence Media )AIM www.africaim.com The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD) signed today a US $8-million Line of Credit (LoC) to support BRD lending to the agriculture, agro-processing, telecommunication, education and tourism infrastructure sectors in Rwanda. The signing ceremony, held in the AfDB national office in Rwanda, was […]
Read More →Ghana Addresses 57th UN Session on the Status of Women
source Africa Intelligence media www.africaim.com Participants at the ongoing 57th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York have applauded Ghana for her progressive legislature and social interventions to ensure gender equality. This followed the address by the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur. The […]
Read More →Kenya election: Raila Odinga camp says vote ‘doctored’
source AIM www.africaim.com  The ballot count in Kenya’s presidential elections has been rigged, says Kalonzo Musyoka, the running mate of Prime Minister Raila Odinga. “We have evidence the results we have received have been doctored,” he said. He said the vote count should be stopped but added that his comments were not a call for […]
Read More →Arab League to hand over Syria’s seat to SNC
CAIRO // The Arab League said it was prepared to hand Syria’s seat in the organisation to the opposition battling to oust president Bashar Al Assad if it sets up an executive body. The league, at a meeting of foreign ministers in Cairo, called for the opposition Syrian National Coalition “to form an executive body […]
Read More →Morsi to appeal suspension of Egypt’s parliamentary elections
Egyptian security forces detain an anti-government protester during clashes in Cairo on Wednesday. A fight between Egypt’s president and the judiciary over elections is likely to heighten tensions in the country. Oliver Weiken / EPA Read more: http://www.thenational.ae/news/world/middle-east/morsi-to-appeal-suspension-of-egypts-parliamentary-elections#ixzz2MpLXJDHr Follow us: @TheNationalUAE on Twitter | thenational.ae on FacebookCAIRO // An Egyptian court overturned President Mohammed Morsi’s decree calling for parliamentary […]
Read More →She finally succeeded in making him succumb to the jackals’ “raysâ€! Ethiopian Anonymous
     Though unsystematically aggressive and unnecessarily provocative he was, I used to admire him most. Moreover, I was not happy in his dictatorial tendency and Melesic approach towards attaining an everlasting power, like Kamuzu Banda of Malawi. As a human, of course, it goes without saying that he might have loopholes. But […]
Read More →Diaspora Kenyans, unable to vote abroad, feel cheated By Tosin Sulaiman | Reuters
View PhotoReuters/Reuters – Supporters of Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga, the presidential candidate of the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) attend his campaign rally in the western city of Kisumu, March …more  Article: Odinga alleges unfairness before Kenyan voteSat, Mar 2, 2013 JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Kenyans living abroad say they feel cheated about not being able to […]
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