Sudan arrests opposition leader al-Mahdi, could face death penalty By Khalid Abdel Aziz May 18, 2014 Former PM Sadiq Al-Mahdi (Reuters) KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese opposition leader Sadiq al-Mahdi was…
The 8 worst countries to be religious By CNN May 17, 2014 WASHINGTON — Since 1999, the U.S. State Department has tracked the world’s worst abusers of religious rights. As…
Egyptian publishes book on Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam Ahram Online May 17, 2014 Azmat Sadd Al-Nahda Al-Ethiopi (The Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Crisis) by Mohamed Nasr El-Din Allam, Dar Al-Mahroussa Publishing, Cairo,…
Gambella Nilotes Army Condemns Killing Oromos for Their Land Press Release May 17, 2014 Gambella Nilotes United Movement/Army (GNUM/A) condemns the mass killing perpetuated by the TPLF-Led Ethiopian government’s security…
10 dead, 70 wounded amid new Kenya terror alerts By JASON STRAZIUSO, AP May 16, 2014 A man injured by one of the two blasts in downtown Nairobi arrives to…
Ethiopia: Rights to fair trial violated RSF May 15, 2014 Reporters Without Borders is very worried by the conditions in which three journalists and six members of the Zone9 blog…
Sudanese woman sentenced to death for ‘apostasy’ By Aljazeera May 15, 2014 A Sudanese court has given a 27-year-old woman until Thursday to abandon her Christian faith or face a death…
Forget Sanctions Over Ukraine: Russia Scores Massive Gas Pipeline Deal With China By Sophie Song, International Business Times May 15, 2014 China and Russia are set to cement their energy…
Ethiopia: Government quietly disintegrating, says ION Indian Ocean Newsletter May 15, 2014 The general election looming ahead in 2015 is already casting a shadow over the Ethiopian government, whose sole…
17 die in ship wreck, 206 survive, most of them Eritreans Italy warns EU on asylum as shipwreck survivors land May 15, 2014 Migrants rescued at sea by an Italian…