Published by Al-Araby Fighters from Ethiopia’s Tigray region have gang-raped and abused women in neighbouring Amhara region, rights group Amnesty International said on Wednesday. Amnesty’s report underscored that the year-long conflict between the central government and Tigrayan forces has been marked by allegations of abuses on all sides. The United Nations aid chief has said […]
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WHO chief says ‘systematic blockade’ of Tigray killing people
Published by Al-Araby Ethiopia’s conflict-torn Tigray region is under “effective blockade”, the World Health Organization chief said Friday, warning that people were starving to death and dying from lack of access to medicines. “People are dying because of lack of supplies,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, himself a from Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, told reporters from the […]
US raps Eritrea with sanctions in push to end Ethiopia conflict
Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – The United States on Friday slapped new sanctions on Eritrea over the deadly conflict in neighboring Ethiopia, which it warned was at danger of “implosion” without a negotiated settlement. Ahead of a three-nation trip to Africa next week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken also threatened to impose sanctions against […]
Boeing returns to red ink, projects $1 billion lost from 787 quality issues
Published by The Seattle Times Boeing resumed losing money last quarter, its losses caused both by continuing pandemic-driven downturn in air travel and by self-inflicted wounds such as the 787 manufacturing mess. The aerospace giant projected Wednesday that the manufacturing quality defects that have stalled 787 deliveries will eventually cost $1 billion. CEO Dave Calhoun’s […]
Turkey and Africa’s deepening ties in a multipolar world
Published by Al-Araby At the nexus point between Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, Istanbul often has distinguished guests pass through. Earlier in October, Germany’s outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel was treated to splendid views of the Bosporus as she worked with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to address bilateral issues. But last week the city […]
Green energy investors to get insurance boost
Published by Business Daily Kenyan insurers and the UK government-backed Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) are teaming up with UK-based energy and climate risk finance company Parhelion to cushion local investors in renewable energy projects from unexpected losses. FSD said the parties will launch a first-of-its-kind underwriting facility, backed by local insurers, to de-risk early stage […]