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COVID-19: Ethiopia postpones landmark August election

Ethiopia has postponed its parliamentary elections scheduled for August due to the coronavirus outbreak, the electoral commission said on Tuesday.   “Due to the pandemic we were forced to suspend our activities,” said an Amharic-language statement from the National Electoral Commission.   Ethiopia has as of April 1, confirmed 29 coronavirus cases. Infections have so […]

Tunisian President looks to taxes to shun IMF bailout

Tunisian President Kais Saied is set to reject IMF conditions for a $2 billion loan and looks instead to raise taxes on the wealthy to fill in drained state coffers, in yet a new populist move that has little effect on the country’s soaring external debt and due payment deadlines. Saied who has consolidated his […]

Somalia-Turkey security deal to deter terrorism, piracy and Ethiopia’s territorial designs — experts

The defense cooperation agreement between Somalia and Turkey signed earlier this month (8 February) aims to achieve several objectives, experts say, including Ankara’s helping Mogadishu secure its maritime interests and serving as a counterbalance against the recent Ethiopian controversial deal with the breakaway region of Somaliland. The defense cooperation agreement Somalia inked with Turkey last […]