[ad_1] YERUSHALAYIM – Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at 12:00 pm | T. Kislev 5771 Djibouti President Ismael Omar Guelleh. (AP Photo / Jason DeCrow) Djibouti has removed its name from the list of countries that are said to be considering normalization with Israel. In an interview with the Africa Report …
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[ad_1] Topline Argentine soccer superstar Diego Maradona, considered one of the sport’s greatest players of all time, died at the age of 60, several news organizations have confirmed, after suffering a fatal heart attack. A man takes a photograph of a wall emblazoned with an image of Diego Maradona in …
Read More »Can Ethiopia break the vicious cycle of conflict?
[ad_1] DUBAI: During the early hours of November 4, when the results of the US presidential elections monopolized the international conversation, clashes broke out in a country considered a strategic partner of Washington. Simmering tensions between Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s federal government and the authorities in the country’s Tigray …
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[ad_1] In the center of Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray Highlands, is a complex of monuments and museums. In the scorching sun, old armored vehicles, planes and helicopters quietly rust. In the wide avenues of the city, statues commemorate the “martyrs” and the victories of the Tigray People’s Liberation …
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Read More »Amnesty International publishes the results of the Mai-Kadra massacre
[ad_1] Dozens of newly excavated tombs fill the church grounds at Mai-Kadra. Shovels abandoned by tired hands are strewn on the ground amid empty cans of lemon air freshener that fail to mask the stench of death. In other parts of this city in western Tigray, dozens of corpses still …
Read More »Djibouti refuses to establish ties with Israel until it makes peace with Palestine – Middle East Monitor
[ad_1] Djibouti will not establish official ties with Israel until it works for peace with the Palestinians, said the president of the African Muslim state, Ismail Omar Guelleh. In September, Palestinian Minister Ahmad Majdalani said Djibouti was one of five other Muslim-majority countries along with Oman, Sudan, Comoros and Mauritania …
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[ad_1] A survivor of the Mai-Kadra city massacre, the best-known attack on civilians during Ethiopia’s current internal conflict that pits federal forces against the leaders of the ruling Tigray party. MAI-KADRA, ETHIOPIA – Dozens of newly excavated tombs fill the church grounds in Mai-Kadra. Shovels abandoned by tired hands are …
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[ad_1] This week, President-elect Joe Biden appointed Reema Dodin as deputy director of the Office of Legislative Affairs. Dodin, who currently serves as Senator Dick Durbin’s (D-IL) deputy chief of staff and floor manager, will be the first senior Palestinian-American staff member of the White House. I’m excited to have …
Read More »Djibouti: ties with Israel only after peace gesture with Palestinians
[ad_1] Djibouti will not establish official ties with Israel without moving towards peace with the Palestinians, said the president of the African Muslim state, Ismail Omar Guelleh. In an interview with the French publication The Africa Report this week, Guelleh said that “conditions are not ripe.” “We have problems with …
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