Egypt ups security ahead of Coptic Christmas
Egypt President Abdel Fatah El Sisi’s stepped up security ahead of the Coptic Christian Christmas. This comes as he draws domestic and international pressure for what he calls his brute force response to terror in the northern Sinai. After bombing the Coptic cathedral in Cairo last December, killing 29 people , so-called Islamic State called […]
Dozens die in clashes between Oromo and Somali Ethiopians
At least 61 people have died clashes between Ethiopia’s two largest ethnic groups. It is not clear what sparked fighting between the Oromos and Somali groups that make 40 percent of the country’s 102 million population. The Oromo and Somali Ethiopians are often at daggers drawn over grazing disputes. They don’t live together well and […]