Egypt and Ethiopia spar over the Nile by Hassen Hussein
Egypt’™s colonial-era veto power over the river’s bounties is untenableThe Blue Nile in Guba, Ethiopia. William Lloyd-George/AFP/Getty Images On Jan. 8, Ethiopia turned down Egypt’s demand that it suspend construction of its mega-dam on the Nile, further escalating tensions between the two states. Fearing that Ethiopia’s $4.2 billion project would reduce the river’s flow, Egypt calls for a […]
Read More →Battle of the Nile: Egypt, Ethiopia clash over mega-dam
KHARTOUM, Sudan, (UPI) — Egypt and Ethiopia remain at loggerheads over Addis Ababa’s plan to build a $4.2 billion, 6,000-megawatt dam on a major tributary of the Nile River that Cairo says will greatly reduce the flow of water that is Egypt’s lifeline. Tension between the two African states rose sharply in January after Ethiopia […]
Read More →Insulting Bahrain’s king could cost you up to $26,500 and up to 7 years in jail
Bahrain’s new law punishing those who insult the king comes just a week before the three-year anniversary of mass pro-democracy protests. The King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa, attends the 34th summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) at the Bayan Royal Palace in Kuwait City on Dec. 10, 2013. (YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP/Getty Images) If […]
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ከመ/ሠሰናዠገ/ህá‹á‹ˆá‰µáŠ“ ቴዎድሮስ በቅድሚያ ዘሀበሻ ድረ ገጽ áˆáˆˆá‰±áŠ•áˆ ወገኖች ህሳባቸá‹áŠ• ለማደመጥ የáˆá‰³á‹°áˆáŒˆá‹áŠ• ጥረት አደንቃለáˆá¢ ሆኖሠáŒáŠ• ሃገሠቤት ካለዠሲኖዶስ ጋሠእንዲቀላቀሠከሚáˆáˆáŒˆá‹ ወገን የሚሰጠá‹áŠ• ሃሰተኛ ዘገባ ዘሀበሻ ለሚዛናዊáŠá‰µ በሚሠበቀጥታ ከማስተናገድ á‹áˆá‰… ቆሠብላ ብታስብበት መáˆáŠ«áˆ áŠá‹ እላለáˆá¢ ዛሬ ለመጻá á‹«áŠáˆ³áˆ³áŠ ትናንት በዚሠድረገጽ ላዠየታተመá‹áŠ• የቤዛ ኩሉ ሰንበት ትáˆáˆ…áˆá‰µ ቤት የህá‹á‰¥ áŒáŠ•áŠ™áŠá‰µ […]
Read More →FAIL: WENGER’S AIRPORT FALL A FITTING END TO ARSENAL’S NIGHTMARISH DAY
BY THOMAS HAUTMANN Safe to say it wasn’t a good day for Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger. Hours after watching his team get smacked around Anfield Road to the tune of a 5-1 loss, Wenger apparently slipped and fell at the airport with two suitcases in tow. Luckily, someone snapped pictures of the whole thing happening, even […]
Read More →Woman in “fake” Saudi princess case worked as prostitute in Dubai, witness says
By Beatrice Thomas (Getty Images – for illustrative purposes) The woman at the centre of a $20m London property fraud case allegedly worked in Dubai as a prostitute 20 years ago, a former friend has claimed. Negat Ali, an Ethiopia-born south London furniture dealer, has previously told a London court that Sara Al Amoudi was not […]
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ማማ እና የሾላ ወተት áˆáˆˆá‰±áˆ ወተት ናቸዠየሚለያቸዠáŠáŒˆáˆ ቢኖሠማማ ማማ መባሉ ሲሆን ሾላ á‹°áŒáˆž ሾላ መባሉ áŠá‹ እንደዚሠህወሀት እና ሻá‹á‰¢á‹«áˆ የስሠእንጂ የá‹á‹˜á‰µáˆ ሆአየአላማ áˆá‹©áŠá‰µ የሌላቸዠጸረ ኢትዮጵያዊ ናቸá‹á¡á¡ á€áˆ¨ ኢትዮጵዊ መሆናቸዠሀቅ እና áˆáˆµáŒ¢áˆ á‹«áˆáˆ†áŠ áŠá‹ á‹áˆá‰áŠ•áˆµ በዚህች አáŠáˆµá‰°áŠ› ጦማሠማሳየት የáˆáˆˆáŠ©á‰µ ሻá‹á‰¢á‹«áŠ• አáˆáŠá‹ የኢትዮጵያን á–ለቲካ ለመቀየሠከኢሳያስ ጋሠስለተወዳጠ[…]
Read More →14 Reasons to Be Excited to Watch the Olympics Opening Ceremony
Tonight the Olympics kick off with the traditional Opening Ceremony. There will be the usual display of fireworks! Dancing! People dressed as animals! And the international parade that every country going for a gold medal this year will participate in. We are very excited, so we’ve come up with fourteen reasons that you should be very excited […]
Read More →Watch the Russian Police Choir sing “Get Lucky†at the Olympics Opening Ceremony
They’d crush Eurovision 2014 through 2050. NBC Olympics Screenshot This actually happened: the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs’ choir sang Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” during the Sochi Opening Ceremony. We can’t embed the link for copyright reasons, so you’ll have to head on over to NBC Olympics to watch. So, so good. Watch the video here. (Or if […]
Read More →Traffic cop stops unmarked car only to find it was the president By HUDSON GUMBIHI
When President Uhuru Kenyatta does not want to arouse public attention in the city, he chooses to travel incognito. Since taking over the reins of power from his predecessor Mwai Kibaki, who had a notoriety of leaving behind a trail of gridlocks whenever he and his coterie moved around the city, Uhuru on several occasions […]
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