Climate activist Thunberg heads growing field of Nobel Peace Prize candidates
Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, pro-democracy campaigners in Hong Kong and the NATO military alliance are among those tipped for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, following nominations by politicians. Also on the list, according to the eight members of the United States Congress who nominated ...
A tragic airline crash with far-reaching consequences, cataclysmic cyclones that may be a harbinger of the future, the death of an African icon and a new leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize. These African stories captured the world's attention in 2019 — and ...
Egypt and Ethiopia to hold talks in Russia about contentious Nile dam, says el-Sissi
Egypt's president said Sunday he and Ethiopia's premier are to hold talks in Russia on a dam under construction on the Nile River that Cairo fears would cut its vital water share. "I have agreed with the Ethiopian prime minister (Abiy Ahmed) to meet in ...
Abe vows continued support for Nobel Peace Prize winner Abiy Ahmed
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday vowed the country's continued support for Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who was named the winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize the same day. In a congratulatory message to Abiy, Abe said, "I have been deeply impressed by ...
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed awarded 2019 Nobel Peace Prize
Abiy Ahmed — the son of poor villagers who became a spy boss and now is the man behind dizzying attempts to reform Ethiopia, Africa's fastest-growing economy and heal wounds with its neighbors — has had an unpredictable and peril-strewn rise to fame. Another chapter ...
'Dozens' killed in foiled Ethiopia coup attempt, regional government reveals
Dozens of people were killed in fighting during a foiled coup by a rogue state militia in Ethiopia's Amhara region over the weekend, the regional government spokesman said on Wednesday, the first official report of significant clashes. The militia attacked the police headquarters, ruling party ...
