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Matt Bryden @dibjir.bsky.social · 4d

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At least 700 dead in Tanzania's post-election protests, opposition says

Hundreds of people have reportedly been killed in Tanzania after taking to the streets to protest this week’s presidential election, which saw the increasingly authoritarian incumbent, President Samia...

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✍️☕️ @zakeriye.bsky.social · 3d

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Inside #UAE's secret #Sudan war op at #Somalia's Bosaso town. Weapons funneled to #RSF via Bosaso Airport.

Exclusive: Inside the UAE's secret Sudan war operation at Somalia's Bosaso

Colombian mercenaries, regular transport flights and cargo marked 'hazardous' reveals a vast covert operation fuelling the RSF massacres in el-Fasher

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✍️☕️ @zakeriye.bsky.social · 3d

#Somalia President Hassan arrives in Cairo, days after #Eritrea's Afwerki, to attend the inauguration of #Egypt's new Grand Museum.

Hassan previously attended #Ethiopia's GERD dam inauguration — a move criticized by #Cairo and #Asmara as a threat to regional stability.

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alulapankhurst.bsky.social @alulapankhurst.bsky.social · 3d

A pleasure to be interviewed by Tefera Ghedamu @EBC about the history of International Conferences of Ethiopian Studies and the latest 22nd @Hawassa University

Young Lives Ethiopia @younglivesethiopia.bsky.social · 3d

🎥 YL #Ethiopia Country Director Dr. Alula Pankhurst joined Meet EBC with Tefera Ghedamu to discuss #ICES2025.
He reflected on the 66-year journey of the conference & shared YL Eth Qual6 findings on #youthtransitions amid multiple crises.

👉 Watch the video here: bit.ly/4hDKO8h
@yloxford.bsky.social

Meet #EBC: #Ethiopian Studies.

A conversation with Alula Pankhurst (PhD), member of the International organizing committee of the 22nd International Conference of #Ethiopian Studies held in Hawassa.

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✍️☕️ @zakeriye.bsky.social · 3d

#Somalia's president Hassan congratulates Samia Suluhu on her re-election — while #Tanzania's opposition rejects the results.

Meanwhile, #Mogadishu faces its own election standoff that could lead to parallel results — a scenario that could deepen political fragmentation.

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✍️☕️ @zakeriye.bsky.social · 4d

#Ethiopia's Red Sea dreams stir fears of new conflict in the Horn of Africa.

Ethiopia’s Red Sea Dreams Stir Fears of New Conflict in the Horn of Africa

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Young Lives Ethiopia @younglivesethiopia.bsky.social · 5d

📊 Today’s #CYWRPF seminar, which has been organised monthly for the past 15 years by @yloxford.bsky.social #Ethiopia, highlighted findings from the MODA study by PSI & UNICEF.

🔹 80.4% of children in Ethiopia face multidimensional deprivation.
🔹 Highest in Somali, Afar & SNNP regions.

#ChildPoverty

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Enrico Calossi @enricocalossi.bsky.social · 6d

Catherine #Connolly elected as #President of the Republic of #Ireland.

All the results here: www.presidentialelection.ie/election-res...
#Eire

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✍️☕️ @zakeriye.bsky.social · 9d

#Djibouti parliament has voted to lift the presidential age limit of 75, paving the way for 77-year-old President Ismail Omar to seek a 6th term — which he is widely expected to win.

Guelleh ruled since 1999, succeeding his uncle Hassan Gouled Abtidoon.

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✍️☕️ @zakeriye.bsky.social · 6d

#Sudanese Armed Forces troops reportedly fled #AlFashir ahead of the #RSF takeover of the city — leaving an estimated 200K civilians stranded.

Insiders told Sky News that the army struck a deal to secure safe passage for its soldiers.

Army soldiers fled key Sudanese city - leaving 200,000 civilians trapped

Videos of the executions of senior Sudanese Armed Forces commanders in Al Fashir have been shared on social media.

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✍️☕️ @zakeriye.bsky.social · 6d

#Somalia's Bosaso airport become biggest #UAE's key hubs for funneling weapons to #RSF in Sudan — with 18 flights to Libya in October alone.

Previously, #Khartoum raised the issue with #Mogadishu, but Puntland regional state authorities dismissed it — despite UAE presence in the region.

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Katharine Houreld @khoureld.bsky.social · 6d

The intimacy of the cruelty in Sudan's El Fashir: A wounded man appeals to an RSF commander. “I know you,” he tells Abu Lulu. “I called out to you a while ago.”
“I will never have mercy,” the commander responds. “Our job is only killing.”
He shoots him dead.
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Paramilitary massacres unfolding in Sudan’s Darfur, videos show

RSF paramilitary fighters are carrying out mass ethnic killings in the recently captured city of El Fashir, according to videos, aerial images and interviews.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Enrico Calossi @enricocalossi.bsky.social · 14d

Sulle recenti elezioni regionali in #Toscana. Una riflessione sulle virtù e i vizi della legge elettorale, alla prova dei fatti delle ultime tre contese elettorali (2015, 2020, 2025).
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La Toscana e la sua legge elettorale, dopo tre prove – Osservatorio su politica e istituzioni (OPI)

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✍️☕️ @zakeriye.bsky.social · 17d

Mustaf was denied entry to #Denmark after securing EU-funded scholarship to the University of Copenhagen — because Denmark doesn't recognize the Somali passport.

Denmark has embassy in #Somalia & works with the same govt that issues those passports.

Somali student denied Danish residence permit despite being awarded an EU-funded scholarship to the University of Copenhagen - The Copenhagen Post

When 30-year-old Mustaf Mohammed Takoy received a fully funded Erasmus Mundus scholarship to study at the University of Copenhagen, it felt like the culmination of years of hard work. But two months a...

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✍️☕️ @zakeriye.bsky.social · 16d

Australia sheep-export ban helps #Somalia win $1 billion in livestock sales — exports jumped from $523 million in 2021 to $974 million last year.

Australia Sheep-Export Ban Helps Somalia Win $1 Billion of Sales

Somalia’s livestock exports are receiving a boost from fading Australian and Sudanese competition, which could help drive its shipments above $1 billion this year.

www.bloomberg.com

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✍️☕️ @zakeriye.bsky.social · 19d

#Egypt's President El-Sisi met Sudan’s army chief Al-Burhan in #Cairo to discuss bilateral ties, the #Sudan conflict & #Nile water issues.

Both reaffirmed a unified stance on #Ethiopia's #GERD dam and agreed to boost coordination to protect shared water interests.

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✍️☕️ @zakeriye.bsky.social · 20d

At least 10 soldiers killed and 4 others injured in roadside blast on Wednesday in the Cal-Miskaad mountains in #Somalia's Bari region.

#Puntland state forces claims killing several militants in clash with #ISIS in the mountains, with some fighters reportedly surrendering.

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✍️☕️ @zakeriye.bsky.social · 20d

Former #Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80 while receiving medical treatment in #India.

He ran for the Kenyan presidency 5 times since 1997 — without a win — and in 2025 lost the African Union chairmanship to #Djibouti’s Mahmoud Ali Youssouf.

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✍️☕️ @zakeriye.bsky.social · 22d

AU's #Somalia peace mission cannot deliver on funding pledges alone.

AU’s Somalia peace mission cannot deliver on funding pledges alone | ISS Africa

Without a predictable financing mechanism, the mission remains trapped in a cycle of insecurity, mounting arrears and political instability.

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✍️☕️ @zakeriye.bsky.social · 21d

🚨 JUST IN

#Ethiopia FM Gedion Timothewos has received #Somaliland President Abdirahman Cirro in Addis Ababa, who arrived on govt invitation, per Somaliland state TV.

The purpose of the visit — coming just days after #Somalia President Hassan’s trip to #Ethiopia — remains undisclosed.

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✍️☕️ @zakeriye.bsky.social · 21d

Today, #𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮 marks the 8th anniversary of the country’s 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 — when nearly 1K people were killed & injured after #Al𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗮𝗯's explosive-packed truck detonated in #𝗠𝗼𝗴𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗵𝘂 on 𝟭𝟰 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟳.

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Maqsood Asi @maqsoodasi.bsky.social · 25d

He cried because he lost the right… to #marry a #child

A 73-year-old #Somali man broke down in tears after #Somalia proposed a bill setting the minimum marriage age at 18.

Grown #men are weeping because they can no longer marry #children

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Old Men in Somalia Cry Over Losing the Right to Marry Underage Girls

Finally — a new law challenges the culture of forced child marriages and gives Somali girls a voice.

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✍️☕️ @zakeriye.bsky.social · 24d

#Colombian mercenary told @theguardian.com he flew via UAE base in Boosaaso, #Somalia before heading to #Darfur to fight for UAE-backed #RSF.

#Sudan accuses #UAE of using Boosaaso to move fighters & weapons to RSF — claims #Puntland denies despite UAE presence in the state.

‘War is a business’: the Colombian mercenaries training Sudan’s child fighters to ‘go and get killed’

A soldier of fortune tells of lucrative contracts, the siege of El Fasher and training child fighters to ‘go and get killed’

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Michele Gonnelli @michelegonnelli.bsky.social · 22d

I'm wondering that too

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✍️☕️ @zakeriye.bsky.social · 23d

"Our relationship with #Ethiopia was not meant to compromise our strategic ties with #Egypt," #Somalia President Hassan Sheikh tells Al-Arabiya

#Mogadishu, key ally of #Khartoum and #Cairo, attended Addis Ababa's #GERD dam inauguration, which they opposed.

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