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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed attends his last campaign event ahead of Ethiopia’s elections scheduled for June 21, in Jimma, Ethiopia, June 16, 2021. © Tiksa Negeri, Reuters  PM Abiy on Saturday hailed the outcome of a “historic” election after results showed his party winning an overwhelming majority in the federal parliament.  Abiy‘s party won 410 […]

Martine Moise, who was critically injured in the attack that killed her husband, calls on Haiti not to ‘lose its way’. This file photo taken on May 23, 2018, shows Haitian President Jovenel Moise (L) and Haitian First Lady Martine Moise at the National Palace in Port-au-Prince [File: Hector Retamal/AFP] The wife of assassinated Haitian […]

 The Hague based Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) passed its final judgment on Friday rejecting the Israel based mining company’s, Israel Chemical Limited (ICL) compensation claims filed against the government of Ethiopia. ICL took Ethiopia to the international court claiming that Ethiopia violated the Netherlands-Ethiopia Bilateral Investment Treaty for imposing capital gains and value added […]

England defender Leighton Baines (R) vies with Italy’s midfielder Antonio Candreva during their 2014 FIFA World Cup Group D match at the Amazonia Arena in Manaus, Brazil, June 14, 2014. (AFP Photo)  Ahopeful England and strong Italy side will look to wait their long waits for the continental crown as they face each other in […]

Firefighters work at the scene of the blaze, Bangladesh [Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters] Police in Bangladesh have arrested on murder charges the owner of a factory where at least 52 people died in a massive fire, as it emerged that children as young as 11 had been working there. Four of the owner’s sons were also […]

Police on the lookout for others suspected assassins of Haitian President Jovenel Moise outside the Embassy of Taiwan in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on July 9, 2021. © Valerie Baeriswyl, AFP Haiti has asked Washington and the UN for troops to secure its ports, airport and other strategic sites after the assassination of president Jovenel Moise opened a […]

‘ Afghans return to Afghanistan at the Islam Qala border with Iran, in the western Herat province, Afghanistan, Feb. 20, 2019. (AP Photo)  Taliban takes full control of a key district in western Afghanistan, which includes an important border crossing point with Iran. The group continues to advance in the country, while NATO and foreign […]

Haitian police have arrested suspects in the killing of President Moise including men who appeared to be former Colombian soldiers. A 28-member hit squad made up of Americans and Colombians assassinated President Jovenel Moise, Haitian police said Thursday, adding that eight were still at large as the country lurched into political chaos. One day after […]

President Joe Biden signs an executive order at the White House on Jan. 27, 2021. | (Evan Vucci/AP Photo) The White House is scheduled to issue an executive order Friday to promote competition throughout the U.S. economy in the most ambitious effort in generations to reduce the stranglehold of monopolies and concentrated markets in major […]

A volunteer is injected with a VLP-based vaccine, in Istanbul, Turkey, July 5, 2021. (DHA PHOTO)  One of the developers of a locally made virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine against the coronavirus said they will soon “adapt” the jab to fight against the delta variant, which has recently gripped the world. The VLP vaccine started its Phase […]