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Ethiopia, United States
Kinfe Abraham advises the NSA

Washington's choice of an Ethiopian of Tigrayan origin as security advisor is rooted in a strategy for the fight against terrorism [...]

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Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Ethiopia, United States
Kinfe Abraham advises the NSA

Kenya, United States
NAIROBI IS CIA TURNTABLE

Ethiopia
US TRAINING THE POLICE

Sudan
LUCRATIVE SPIN-OFF IN CARLOS AFFAIR