East Africa
Ethiopia arrests former deputy intelligence chief
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- Published on Thursday, 15 November 2018 11:36
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Ethiopia’s former deputy intelligence chief has been arrested, Attorney General Berhanu Tsegaye said on Thursday, in the latest move targeting security officials for human rights abuses and corruption.
“Former deputy of NISS and Federal Police Commission Commissioner General Yared Zerihun has been apprehended by police,” Berhanu Tsegaye said on…
Tanzania president fires two ministers over cashew nut prices, govt may buy stock
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- Published on Monday, 12 November 2018 09:23
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Tanzania’s President John Magufuli said the government could buy up the country’s cashew nut stock after he fired two ministers and dissolved the industry regulator in a row over the price of the commodity.
Ethiopia arrests ex-head of army firm as crackdown targets security services
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- Published on Wednesday, 14 November 2018 08:42
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Ethiopia arrested the former head of a military-run industrial conglomerate on Tuesday and flew him in handcuffs to the capital, state media reported, a day after authorities announced investigations targeting senior members of the security forces.
Kinfe Dagnew, a Brigadier General in Ethiopia’s army and former chief executive of METEC, was taken…
Leading Rwanda dissident defiant as treason trial looms
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- Published on Thursday, 08 November 2018 09:05
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Rwanda is "like a prison" with Paul Kagame its imperious warden, according to Diane Rwigara, a young politician who sought to challenge for the presidency and whose treason trial begins on Wednesday.
The 37-year-old, who was released on bail in October, struck a defiant tone speaking to AFP ahead of her trial for treason, insurrection and forgery.…