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Ethiopia rejects Egypt’s plan for operating dam on the Nile

September 19, 2019 Village ReporterBusiness, Dam, east africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Nile, North africa

Talks between Ethiopia and Egypt over how a $4 billion hydropower dam will be operated on the Nile have not ended well. Ethiopia on Wednesday said it rejected a plan proposed by Egypt for operating the dam. The construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) was announced in 2011. It is could make Ethiopia Africa’s biggest power exporter, generating… Read More

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Mane fumes at Salah for failing to pass him a ball

September 1, 2019 Village ReporterEgypt, Liverpool, Sadio Mane, Salah, Senegal, Sports

Liverpool star Mohamed Salah was at the centre of an angry outburst from team-mate Sadio Mane on Saturday night. Mane was taken off with five minutes to go and was seen to be furious as he took his place on the bench. But it emerged that it was not his substitution that enraged him – but a pass that Salah… Read More

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Egypt’s Military is the most powerful in Africa

August 17, 2019 Village ReporterArmy force, Egypt, military, News, North africa, USA

Egypt’s Military has been ranked the most powerful in Africa, placing 12th most powerful military in the world. The new list of military rankings was released by Globalfirepower. The Egyptian Armed Forces had a Power Index score of 0.2283. Algeria’s military came second (27th in the world) while that of South Africa placed third (32nd in the world). The Nigerian… Read More

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Salah visits fan who ran into lamp-post chasing his car

August 12, 2019 Village ReporterEgypt, Liverpool, Salah, Sports

Footballers often inspire unswerving devotion, but one boy has felt the full force when he hit a lamp-post while running after Mohamed Salah. Louis Fowler, 11, was trying to get the Liverpool striker’s attention, who was driving out of the club’s training base on Saturday, when he ran into the post. The Reds fan fell and “busted his nose”, his… Read More

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List of African countries by population

March 4, 2019 Global AuthorEgypt, Ethiopia, Nigeria

nigeria With 186 million inhabitants, Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the seventh most populous country in the world. Nigeria has the third-largest youth population in the world, after India and China, with more than 90 million of its population under age 18. Country (or dependent territory) Official figure (where available) Date of last figure Source Nigeria 173,000,000 2013… Read More

Human Rights World

‘Politics of demonization’ breeding division and fear

February 22, 2017 Global Author#ThisFlag, Angola, Botswana, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, FeesMustFall, human rights, India, Iran, mass atrocities, Politics of demonization, South Africa, Thailand and Turkey, Trump, Zimbabwe

The State of the World’s Human Rights, delivers the most comprehensive analysis of the state of human rights around the world, covering 159 countries including 10 in Southern Africa. It warns that punishment of dissenting views and politically-motivated attacks on peaceful protests and the right to freedom of expression are on the rise in countries such as South Africa, Zambia… Read More

Egypt arrests Al-Jazeera journalist over 'provoking sedition'

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PPF concerned over detention of Al Jazeera journalist in Egypt

December 28, 2016 Global AuthorAl Jazeera journalists, Egypt, l Owais Aslam Ali, Mahmoud Hussein

Pakistan Press Freedom (PPF), in a letter to President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt, expressed concern over the arrest and detention of Al Jazeera journalists Mahmoud Hussein in Cairo on December 25. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali urged the government of Egypt to properly investigate the case and bring specific charges against the Al Jazeera journalist, failing which, he… Read More

Egyptian jail causes Al Jazeera journalist to miss birth of son

August 30, 2014 Global AuthorAl Jazeera, Egypt, Egypt Jailed Journalists, Freedom of Press

Al Jazeera journalist Baher Mohammed will become a father again today. His unjust imprisonment has however meant that he will not be at his wife Gehan’s side when she gives birth to their baby boy. From his jail cell, Baher released a letter to the new arrival, to be named Haroun. The letter is a mix of sadness and hope... Read More

Jailed for being journalists

June 25, 2014 Global AuthorAl Jazeera, Baher Mohamed, Censorship, Egypt, Journalists, Mohamed Fahmy, Peter Greste

On 23 June, Egypt jailed Al Jazeera English staff Mohamed Fahmy, Peter Greste and Baher Mohamed for simply doing their job as journalists. Mohamed Fahmy and Peter Greste were dealt seven years in prison for ‘broadcasting false news’ and apparently promoting the banned Muslim Brotherhood group. Baher Mohamed faces ten years behind bars; his sentence is longer as he has… Read More

Malawi’s Information Minister Brown Mpinganjira accuses foreign envoys of support for mass protests

February 25, 2014 Global AuthorBritain, Brown Mpinganjira, Cashgate, Egypt, Joyce Banda, Libya, Malawi, Tunisia. Bingu Wa Mutharika

BLANTYRE(MaraPost)—Malawi’s Minister of Information and Civic Education, Evangelist Brown Mpinganjira, has accused some foreign envoys in the country of being behind the planning of the anti Joyce Banda administration mass protests slated for Thursday 27 February 2014. Minister Brown Mpinganjira told ZBS on Tuesday that s the reasons cited for the demonstrations scheduled for February 27 are not valid but... Read More

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