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• Ethiopia PM moves to resolve Oromia – Addis Ababa boundary rift

  Mar 10, 2019 by Admin / 908 Views

  

  After two days of protest earlier this week, the federal government of Ethiopia has officially responded to the voice of protesters.

   

  The office of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Saturday issued a statement that named a committee to resolve administrative boundary issues between Oromia regional state and the capital, Addis Ababa.

  The federal government is represented on the 8-member committee by Minister of Peace Muferiat Kamil. Addis Ababa deputy mayor Takele Uma Banti is also listed as are three other members of the city administration.

  The Oromia region also has three representatives on the committee including the deputy regional president, Tayiba Hassen, and two other top officials.

   

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• Ethiopia PM moves to resolve Oromia – Addis Ababa boundary rift

  Mar 10, 2019 by Admin / 537 Views

  

  After two days of protest earlier this week, the federal government of Ethiopia has officially responded to the voice of protesters.

   

  The office of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Saturday issued a statement that named a committee to resolve administrative boundary issues between Oromia regional state and the capital, Addis Ababa.

  The federal government is represented on the 8-member committee by Minister of Peace Muferiat Kamil. Addis Ababa deputy mayor Takele Uma Banti is also listed as are three other members of the city administration.

  The Oromia region also has three representatives on the committee including the deputy regional president, Tayiba Hassen, and two other top officials.

   

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• Ilhan Omar backtracks, claims media distorted Obama remarks

  Mar 9, 2019 by Admin / 495 Views

  

  Rep. Ilhan Omar on Friday tried to walk back her explosive criticism of former President Obama in an interview published earlier in the day — claiming that her words were distorted.

   

  “Exhibit A of how reporters distort words. I’m an Obama fan! I was saying how [President] Trump is different from Obama, and why we should focus on policy not politics,” she tweeted, referring to an interview published earlier in the day by Politico Magazine.

   

  She included a nearly two-minute recording of her interview. But the audio clip essentially confirmed that her quotes, though edited, were accurate.

   

  In the interview, Omar ripped Obama, mocking the ex-president’s “pretty face” and dismissing his agenda of hope and change as an illusion.

   

  She cited the “caging of kids” at the Mexican border and the armed “droning of countries around the world” on Obama’s watch — and argued
  that he wasn’t much different from President Trump.

   

   

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• Ilhan Omar backtracks, claims media distorted Obama remarks

  Mar 9, 2019 by Admin / 248 Views

  

  Rep. Ilhan Omar on Friday tried to walk back her explosive criticism of former President Obama in an interview published earlier in the day — claiming that her words were distorted.

   

  “Exhibit A of how reporters distort words. I’m an Obama fan! I was saying how [President] Trump is different from Obama, and why we should focus on policy not politics,” she tweeted, referring to an interview published earlier in the day by Politico Magazine.

   

  She included a nearly two-minute recording of her interview. But the audio clip essentially confirmed that her quotes, though edited, were accurate.

   

  In the interview, Omar ripped Obama, mocking the ex-president’s “pretty face” and dismissing his agenda of hope and change as an illusion.

   

  She cited the “caging of kids” at the Mexican border and the armed “droning of countries around the world” on Obama’s watch — and argued
  that he wasn’t much different from President Trump.

   

   

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• Ilhan Omar: Obama’s a ‘pretty face’ who got ‘away with murder’

  Mar 9, 2019 by Admin / 544 Views

  

  Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar ripped former President Barack Obama in an interview published Friday, belittling his “pretty face” and saying his agenda of hope and change was an illusion.

  She cited the “caging of kids” at the Mexican border and the “droning of countries around the world” on Obama’s watch — and argued that he wasn’t much different from President Trump

  “We can’t be only upset with Trump,” the freshman firebrand told Politico Magazine.

  “His policies are bad, but many of the people who came before him also had really bad policies. They just were more polished than he was,” Omar said.

  “And that’s not what we should be looking for anymore. We don’t want anybody to get away with murder because they are polished. We want to recognize the actual policies that are behind the pretty face and the smile.”

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