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  Of many countries where women are valued, Somalia is one of the least where women right means nothing. Violence against them are on daily basis, rape is the order of the day. The country have a president that care less about women and that is why opposite gender believe they can get away with any atrocities committed against women. African women are generally strong, innovative and huge builder of nations but what they face in Somalia is a case of huge crime against them. During a recent peaceful protest in Somalia, women were been harrased and guns was been pointed at women who are exercising the basic human rights. This unfair and tragic reality is a continuous trend that needs to be dealt with urgently.

  The leaders of the UAE have each wished a Merry Christmas to Christians across the country and the rest of the world. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, delivered their festive greetings on Twitter on Christmas Eve. "Congratulations to all Christians in the world on Christmas ... May God bless everyone with goodness, peace, health and love," Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid said. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed said: "We would like to wish all of our Christian brothers and sisters in the UAE and around the world a peaceful and Merry Christmas." As with many religious festivals during the year, Christmas celebrations will be greatly disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Christians in the Emirates are determined, however, to make the most of the occasion in challenging circumstances. Thousands of worshippers are expected to visit

  An Ethiopian official on Wednesday disclosed Ethiopia has launched its second Chinese-backed satellite. Yishrun Alemayehu, Deputy General Director of Ethiopia Space Science and Technology Institute (ESSTI), said the satellite which was launched on Tuesday has high advanced resolutions and capable pictures to capture pictures in a clearer way. The satellite abbreviated as ET-Smart-RSS was launched from China Wenchang spacecraft launch site. "Preliminary design was conducted in Ethiopia, while detailed and technical works were undertaken in collaboration with Chinese experts in China through zooming and other platforms," Alemayehu told the state-owned daily newspaper Ethiopian Herald. "The 8.9 kilograms nano satellite is a great achievement of Ethiopia in a number of ways. The institute will keep on working to further strengthen the effort in technology transfer and human development," he further said. The satellite preliminary design was done in Eth

  What were your first impressions of the impact of this conflict on civilians? The conflict in the Tigray region has taken place in a virtual blackout. A lengthy communications  shutdown , and the closure of road and air access, has meant only a trickle of information has come out. Parties to the conflict have largely controlled the information and narratives. So before setting off for the region, we were unsure what we would uncover. We travelled by road from Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, to the eastern al-Gadaref state, bordering Ethiopia, which hosts  more than a third  of the  more than 52,000  Ethiopian refugees who have fled to Sudan since the fighting started in November. Most of our interviews were in the remote, arid, and sprawling Um Raquba camp. We found a population still in shock and scared, caught completely off guard by the sudden nature of the violence they experienced. While people spoke of tensions building in recent months between the federal and regional g

  The most affected African countries in terms of the number of positive cases include South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, and Ethiopia, figures from the Africa CDC showed…reports Asian Lite News The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the African continent reached 25,08,815 as of Monday as the death toll due to the pandemic climbed to 59,099, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The continental disease control and prevention agency said in a statement that a total of 21,08,302 people infected with Covid-19 had recovered across the continent as of Monday afternoon, the Xinhua news agency reported. The most affected African countries in terms of the number of positive cases include South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, and Ethiopia, figures from the Africa CDC showed. South Africa had the most Covid-19 infections, with 9,21,922 cases. The country also had the highest number of deaths related to Covid-19, at 24,691. Morocco came next with 4,17,125 confirmed

  The stalled process of demarcating the border between Sudan and Ethiopia received a big push when Sudanese military forces entered the Khorshid region, the last point on the common border, to regain lands seized by Ethiopian farmers decades ago with the support of Ethiopian armed militias, supported in turn by the Ethiopian army. Although Ethiopia has officially recognised Sudanese sovereignty over the eastern border region Al-Fashaqa, it took no serious measures to proceed with the border demarcation process and continued to furnish protection to Ethiopian farmers there. Also, former Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir had announced in August 2017 that a full agreement had been reached with Ethiopia to demarcate the borders, stressing that there were no differences over the terms of demarcation. He said in a joint press conference with former Ethiopian Prime Minister Haile Myriam Desalegn in Khartoum: “All that remains is border marking." Despite this, all efforts have f

  The Ethiopian government has announced it will pay a 10 million birr ($260,000) reward for information on the whereabouts of fugitive Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) leaders. The news was announced on state-run broadcaster EBC and later confirmed by the government's crisis task force on Twitter. TPLF officers have allegedly been hiding in the mountains since Mekelle, the capital of the region,  was captured by federal forces. Tensions in Ethiopia mounted long before a November offensive, after the TPLF quit Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's governing coalition in 2019. This year, the local authorities refused to follow a federal order to postpone elections amid the coronavirus pandemic. The region held the vote, but the results were never recognised by Addis Ababa. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced a  military operation in Tigray on 4 November,  after an attack on a federal military base in the region, which he blamed on the TPLF. Source: Sputnik News

  The UN has released US$35.6 million for water, sanitation, medical supplies and protection for civilians caught up in Ethiopia’s Tigray region conflict. Weeks of fighting in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region have reportedly left hundreds of people dead, thousands displaced and millions in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. More than 50,000 people, almost half of them children, have arrived in Sudan since November. In Ethiopia, the UN’s emergency funds will help health facilities get medicines, gloves and other supplies to care for the sick and injured, and fund nutrition, drinking water and shelter. In Sudan, the funding will prioritize life-saving assistance to refugees, including shelter, health care and drinking water. The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, said: “After six weeks of conflict, the civilian toll is mounting. Women and children arrive in Sudan with disturbing stories of violence, depriv

  According to a  Science Magazine  report, primatologist Nathaniel Dominy of Dartmouth College and his colleagues analyzed the chemical composition of teeth from mummified baboon remains stored in the British Museum and the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology at University College London, and compared them to samples taken from baboons from eastern Africa and southern Arabia. Hamadryas baboons were believed by ancient Egyptians to be the embodiment of the god Thoth, who was associated with the moon and wisdom, and Amun-Ra, the sun god. The highly valued, living animals were imported from the mysterious Land of Punt, a trading partner that also supplied Egypt with incense, gold, and leopard skins for more than 1,100 years. Scholars have long debated its geographic location, but the study suggests that two New Kingdom–period hamadryas baboons had been born and raised somewhere in the regions now known as Eritrea, Ethiopia, and northwest Somalia. Dominy said this information could help

  The European Union has postponed 90 million euros ($109 million) in budgetary support to  Ethiopia  over lack of access to the country's Tigray region to deliver humanitarian aid amid the conflict. The delay in the funding, which was supposed to be paid at the end of the year, was confirmed to The Associated Press Wednesday by a top EU diplomat in  Ethiopia 's capital, Addis Ababa. “A 90 million euro budget support disbursement that was supposed to be made at the end of this year has been postponed,” Ambassador Johan Borgstam, EU Head of Delegation to Ethiopia, said in a phone interview. He added that other EU aid programs will continue. “The reason for the decision to postpone the budget support disbursements is that the EU first wants to see granting of full humanitarian access to Tigray for relief actors so that people in need can be reached and there is an end to ethnic-based targeting,” he said. The EU also seeks the government's assurance that civilians who w

  The U.S. State Department on Tuesday cleared a massive package of F-35 fighter jets and MQ-9 unmanned systems for the United Arab Emirates, making official a potential sale   st ill opposed  by many congressional Democrats. In a statement, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo  announced that the package , which comes with an estimated price tag of $23.37 billion, includes up to 50 F-35s worth $10.4 billion, 18 MQ-9Bs worth $2.97 billion, and $10 billion worth of air-to-air and air-to-ground munitions. “This is in recognition of our deepening relationship and the UAE’s need for advanced defense capabilities to deter and defend itself against heightened threats from Iran,” Pompeo said. “The UAE’s historic agreement to normalize relations with Israel under the Abraham Accords offers a once-in-a-generation opportunity to positively transform the region’s strategic landscape. Our adversaries, especially those in Iran, know this and will stop at nothing to disrupt this shared success.”

  President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed have called for peace and co-existence among the border communities. The duo on Wednesday said the border communities have three generations that have nurtured the relationship between the two countries. They said the communities have for years continued to coexist, as brothers and sisters. “What we need Prime Minister, therefore, is to encourage them to continue working together, maintaining peace and security for this is the surest way that they can reach the maximum benefit of the excellent relationship between two nations,” Uhuru said. The two spoke in Moyale during the official opening of the One-Stop Border Post. Abiy is in the country for a two-day state visit. Expected to tour Lamu's LAPSSET project among others. Uhuru said the aim of his administration is to see Moyale elevated into a Dubai like city to serve the region. He said non-tariff barriers have remained a big challenge on the economic front and ther

  Ethiopia's situation is “spiraling out of control with appalling impact on civilians” and urgently needs outside monitoring, the United Nations human rights chief warned Wednesday, but Ethiopia is rejecting calls for independent investigations into the deadly fighting in its Tigray region, saying it “doesn't need a babysitter.” The government's declaration came amid international calls for more transparency into the month-long fighting between Ethiopian forces and those of the fugitive Tigray regional government that is thought to have killed thousands, including civilians. At least one large-scale massacre has been documented by human rights groups, and others are feared. Advertisement Senior government official Redwan Hussein told reporters on Tuesday evening that Ethiopia will invite others for assistance only if it feels that “it failed to investigate.” To assume the government can't carry out such probes “is belittling the government,” he said. Frustr

   Ethiopian Airlines has been recognised by the judges in the Decade of Airline Excellence Awards as Africa’s best-performing airline of the past 10 years. The carrier took the accolade in the African regional category of the Awards.  The full roster of awards, organised by FlightGlobal in association with Airline Business and Korn Ferry, are being announced over the 1-3 December. Operating in an incredibly challenging region for airlines, state-owned Ethiopian evolved over the decade from a national carrier to the first true pan-African airline, based on a strategy that leveraged its hub in Addis Ababa and strategic equity investments in smaller national African operators. “Under the leadership of Tewolde Gebremariam since 2011 – the year in which the carrier also joined the Star Alliance - Ethiopian’s core strategy has been underpinned by disciplined management and a productive relationship with its government owners,” said Lewis Harper, Managing Editor of Airline Business magazi

  Ethiopia said it had captured or killed most commanders of a rebellious northern force, while Tigray’s fugitive local leader countered on Friday that civilians were protesting against looting by occupying soldiers. Neither side gave proof for their assertions about the month-long war in the mountainous region bordering Eritrea where phone communications have been down and access severely restricted. Fighting between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s federal army and forces loyal to the region’s former ruling party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), erupted on Nov. 4. Thousands of people are believed to have died while more than 45,000 refugees have crossed to neighbouring Sudan. TPLF leaders, who enjoy strong popular support in Tigray, appear to have fled to surrounding mountains and say they have begun a guerrilla-style resistance. TPLF No. 1 Debretsion Gebremichael, one of the most wanted men in Ethiopia, told Reuters in a text message that there were protest

   The United Nations siTHEgned a deal today allowing “unimpeded” humanitarian access to the parts of Tigray under Ethiopian government control, following warnings that the fighting in the region has created a hunger and refugee crisis. This will allow the first food, medicines and other aid into the northern region of six million people. For weeks, aid-laden lorries have been blocked at Tigray’s borders, and the UN and other humanitarian groups were increasingly anxious to reach the war-torn region as hunger grows and hospitals run out of basic supplies such as gloves and body bags. Damage to infrastructure has affected the supply of treated water. Though Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed claimed “total victory” over the region’s ruling Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) at the weekend and federal forces occupied Mekele, Tigray’s capital, fighting continues in many areas. Mr Abiy has resisted African Union calls for dialogue, arguing that the TPLF – which dominated Ethiopian

  It is said that Divine Providence puts us where we are for a reason and a purpose. This 02 December, as we jubilantly congratulate the United Arab Emirates and the Emiratis for their 49th National Day, let us all jointly, warmly express Shukran Jazeelan! Mutamaniyaan Lakum Yawmaan Wataniaan Saeidaan Jiddaan! Dr. Chuloh Jung-Ajman University Innovation Center director/College of Architecture-Art and Design associate professor, South Korean: “UAE gave me the fair opportunity to be successful in my academic career which I couldn’t have even with two Harvard University degrees in South Korea.” Tanapond Soranant-housewife, Thai: “I am thankful for my husband and my friends who became family. I am grateful for the sense of security.” Mohamed Ali Al Omari-Anglo Arabian Healthcare chief operating officer, Emirati: “I would like to extend my congratulations to all our leaders of the United Arab Emirates. Our country has made great progress and now competitive in the global sta

  I grew up in Ethiopia during the days of the military government. For years before its  overthrow  in 1991, the national army was locked in a protracted war against rebel movements in the north. It was common in those days to hear state media reporting the capture or recapture of towns from rebel forces. The parading of prisoners of war made daily headlines. However, you would hear a completely different story if you had the courage to tune in to rebel broadcasts, which were banned, or foreign radio. I remember my father making sure that the door and windows of our house were securely closed before tuning into Voice of America Amharic. Thirty years later, Ethiopians faced another bout of internal armed conflict in the north and found themselves again glued to radio and television not to miss the news about advancing and retreating armed forces. And it’s just as hard to verify  reports  since telephone and internet links to Tigray have been cut and access tightly controlled si

  The Ethiopian government said on Tuesday that a senior politician linked to the rebellion in the northern region of Tigray had surrendered. “One of nine central committee leaders of the TPLF, Keria Ibrahim, has surrendered to federal forces,” said a tweet from the government’s Tigray taskforce, using the acronym of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, a political party spearheading the fight against the government in Addis Ababa. Tigrayan forces were not immediately available for comment. Claims by all sides are difficult to verify because phone and internet communication to the region is down and access tightly controlled.