★ Ethiopia

HOPES OF ‘AFRICA RISING’ BESET BY GLOBAL DOWNTURNS

Dec. 28 (GIN) –This was the year African economies were poised to rise and invest some of their new-found capital in jobs and infrastructure. But the triple threat…

Ethiopia Arrests Second Journalist An Week; Summons Zone 9 Bloggers

The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on authorities in Ethiopia to release the editor-in-chief of Negere Ethiopia online newspaper, Getachew Shiferaw, who was arrested on Friday, according…

South Sudan: Dr. Horace Campbell calls for release of AU report

Fighting has continued in South Sudan’s oil rich Upper Nile State, despite the peace agreement signed on August 26th. Since December 2013, South Sudan's brutal civil war has…

With Peace Deal Will Gen. Museveni’s Expansionism Vision In South Sudan Come To An End?

Museveni and Kiir are threatened by peace-- back to the drawing board? The biggest loser with the South Sudan Peace Deal is Uganda's Gen. Yoweri Museveni. Salva Kiir…

Two-Week Ultimatum: U.S. Says South Sudan’s Salva Kiir To Face “Consequences” Unless Peace Deal Signed

Susan Rice -- says "consequences" for obstructionist Uganda-backed South Sudan ruler Salva Kiir Salva Kiir, the president of war-torn South Sudan has been threatened with sanctions by the…

Obama’s vision & Africa’s future

The President understands how the continent urgently needs to liberate itself from old industries and strongmen President Obama may have found the key to unlocking Africa’s economic potential…

Policy

Amid Ethiopia Elections 2015, Obama’s USAID Nominee Gayle Smith Slammed For Supporting Africa’s Repressive Regimes

Gayle Smith, President Barack Obama's nominee to run the U.S. Agency for International Development, boasts a glowing list of credentials after spending two decades in Africa as an…

AS ISIL BEHEADS CHRISTIANS, HUNDREDS DROWN IN ‘A MASS GRAVE’

Apr. 19 (GIN) – As Europeans debated their policies towards the leaky flotillas steaming out of Libya, carrying most to a certain death at sea, members of ISIL…