Ethiopia has launched its first satellite into space on Friday from a space station in China, Reuters reported. Senior officials and citizens of the Horn of Africa nation watched a live broadcast of the satellite’s launch at the Entoto Observatory and Research Centre just north of the capital Addis Ababa. The satellite was designed by […]
President of the Republic of Gambia, Adama Barrow, has addressed a written message to King Mohammed VI. The message, whose contents were not disclosed, was carried by Gambian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mamadou Tangara who said he is visiting Morocco as special envoy of the Gambian President. The message was handed over to […]
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the Washington-based rights group the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) have condemned the Algerian authorities’ continuing repression, harassment, persecution and arbitrary detention of journalists. In a joint report they submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council for its upcoming periodic review in Geneva, the two […]
