ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — In Ethiopia’s latest move to empower women. The country’s Parliament on Thursday installed as Supreme Court president. A women’s rights activist whose achievements were championed in a movie promoted by Hollywood star Angelina Jolie. Meaza Ashenafi was a judge on Ethiopia’s High Court from 1989 to 1992. And then an adviser to a commission writing up its new constitution. She also founded the Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association. And also helped start the first women’s bank in the country, Enat Bank. The famous case of the Women’s Rights Activist, however, was turned into the 2014 Ethiopian film…
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Unknown gunmen snatched Mohammed Dewji, 43, on October 11 as he left his early morning workout in the commercial capital of Dar es Salaam, police said. He was found about 3:15 a.m. local time Saturday in the same city, regional police commissioner Lazaro Mambosasa told reporters. In addition, Dewji, who attended the news conference in a white T-shirt and pants, thanked police officers and shook their hands. ALSO READ:Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote is No Longer Africa’s Number One Billionaire Another, police officials did not provide additional details on his release. It’s unclear whether a ransom was paid. READ MORE…
Several hundred of Ethiopia’s soldiers entered Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s office grounds in the capital to demand a pay raise. Some of them carried weapons causing alarm among Ethiopians. Who wondered whether this amounted to a serious security breach, says BBC Amharic’s Jibat Tamirat. ALSO READ: Ethiopia Prime Minister’s New Defense Minister Is A Woman and So Is 50% Of His Ministerial Cabinet The situation caused alarm, leading to road closures in the area and the internet to be shut off for hours. Abiy Ahmed was unhappy that soldiers had brought weapons and ordered them to do 10 press-ups. However, the…
Ethiopia’s reformist prime minister announced Tuesday. A new cabinet that is half female, in an unprecedented push for gender parity in Africa’s second-most-populous nation. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has marked his nearly seven months in office with staggering reforms for this once authoritarian country. Notably releasing thousands of political prisoners. Making peace with Ethiopia’s main enemy, Eritrea, and also promising to open up the economy. The new cabinet, which reduces ministerial positions from 28 to 20. It has women in the top security posts for the first time in Ethiopia’s history. Aisha Mohammed will be in charge of defense. And…
When Ghofrane Binous was a child, she was told she was dirty because her skin was black. Binous, now a flight attendant with Tunisia’s national carrier Tunisair, recounted how children in her neighborhood excluded her from their play one day, telling her: “All of you are dirty because you are black and your family does not bathe you.” She returned home crying that day and scrubbed her face until it was raw. Later on, she said she started using bleach on her face because she was told it would make her skin lighter. Many Tunisians are “instinctively racist”, Binous said, explaining…
Days after a rambunctious meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House, a more subdued Kanye West presented Yoweri Museveni with a pair of white sports shoes made by his own company that he and Kardashian then signed with a marker pen. The couple arrived on Friday and are staying at a luxurious safari lodge in a national park that boasts spectacular waterfalls and wild games including buffaloes, antelopes, lions, giraffes, and warthogs. Museveni’s office said the president gave the U.S. entertainment stars Ugandan names. ALSO READ: West African Immigrant Becomes Russia’s First Black Elected Official He dubbed…
Nyamata genocide memorial site where tens of thousands were massacred in catholic church France’s human rights record came under scrutiny on Monday at the UN Human Rights Councils’ Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva – as France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy visits Rwanda. Seven countries filed the same recommendation asking France to “take active steps” that would bring justice for the victims of the 1994 genocide against Tutsis in Rwanda. The countries are Israel, Kenya, Iran, Mozambique, Namibia, Guyana and Rwanda. Apart from issuing blanket statements through the UN system, it is the first time a bloc of nations has…
Mr. Liu Jiaqi, a Chinese immigrant businessman in Kenya was deported after a video emerged of him making racist comments. An employee filmed Mr. Liu, a motorcycle trader, saying that he disliked Kenya because it “smells bad and [its people are] poor, foolish and black”. When the employee asked why he wanted to stay in the country, the trader said he was only there to make money. The Kenyan authorities arrested him hours after the video was circulated online on 5 September and revoked his work permit. ALSO READ: DISCUSSION: Africa/China relationship – Mutual benefit or Is one exploiting the other?…
The proposed US $18.5bn centenary city project in Abuja, Nigeria is set to host libraries and archives for former presidents of the Federal Republic; this is according to Alhaji Alhassan Dantata a developer and stakeholder. ALSO READ: Rwanda Preparing For The Future With ‘Smart’ Waste Management System The smart city project Mr. Dantata further added that, all matters that until now have stalled the project, like compensating host communities had been substantially addressed. The project was slowed down by who hurriedly pulled out their investment when the government changed (from Goodluck Jonathan to Muhammudu Buhari). He also called on civil…
Egypt is expected to commence the pilot operation of the electricity grid project which has a capacity of 300MW with Sudan in November. The project is part of Egypt’s plan to become a regional center for energy. The Egyptian government plans to complete the electricity linkage project with Sudan as soon as possible, as Egypt aims to support the African countries and the Nile Basin to meet their electricity needs. ALSO READ: Egypt, Uganda and Liberia take the top prize for Innovation at the 2017 IPA Electric connection project According to sources at the Ministry of Electricity, each country will bear…